Riverheart

© Naomi Rivkis and Ray Phoenix

Lyrics [pdf]

strum. Breathe every line!

	Am	Dm	Am
	Oh she's a snake and she's w	earing s	ilver -- angry

	Em	Am
White water mocking me when	I want g	old

	Dm	Am
She winds around me and she m	akes me sh	iver

	Em	Am
Pours through my hands but so h	ard to h	old

	C	Dm	Am
I n	ever saw myself as m	uch of a dr	eamer

	C	Em7	Am
J	ust here to grab my stake and th	en get a w	ife

	C	Dm	Am
I'd n	ever seen the way she l	ooks in wint	er

	Am	Em7	Am
Now I'm a m	adman and the r	iver's my l	ife

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C G Am

And she r ises and she f alls and she sh ines

C G Em

And she wh ispers all her tr easure will be m ine

C G6 Am

And she sm iles like the sun, so f ine -- smile

G6 G Am

Then her f ace turns aw ay

C G Am

And she's r unning down the side of the h ill -- frustrated

C G6 Em

And I'll d ie if I don't catch her and I know I never w ill

Am G6 Am

And she t eases me and h aunts me st ill

Em7 Am

In the ch ill of the d ay

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Am G Em

Oh M ama, your little boy's lost

pick

Am G Am G Em

I came for the money not kn ow ing the cost

Am G Em

I've got m ore now than I th ought to b oast,

Em7 Am

But I st ill have to st ay.

	Am	Dm	Am
	Have you ever seen her	banks in	summer

	Em	Am
Bright gold and wildflowers sh	aring sp	ace?

	Dm	Am
Laughed in the valley and then h	eard her	answer -- smile

	Em	Am
Followed her curves into a sh	adowed pl	ace? -- erotic, sensuous

	C	Dm	Am
Don't t	ry to tell me of the g	irls I'm m	issing -- angry

	C	Em7	Am
I n	ever thought that you could	underst	and

	C	Dm	Am
I'll st	and beside her with the s	un's own bless	ing -- defiant

	Am	Em7	Am
I'll feel her	icy current r	ing my h	and. -- proud

CHORUS

	Am	Dm	Am
H	ot autumn droughts have brought her h	ard to h	eel, -- scared

	Em	Am
Her sweating sides are strewn with g	old to t	ake.

	Dm	Am
I leave it there to watch her tw	ist and wh	eel, -- turning point

	Em	Am
Dig down to cavern beds for l	ife's sweet s	ake.

	C	Dm	Am
	Oh mama, don't you w	eep and w	orry,

	C	Em7	Am
When r	angers come to say I c	an't be f	ound.

	C	Dm	Am
I	am her man and I am g	oing with	her, -- proud

	Am	Em7	Am
I'm gonna f	ollow her, deep	in the gr	ound. -- sensuous

C G Am

And she'll r ise, and she'll f all, and she'll sh ine -- amused

C G6 Em

And she'll wh isper all her tr easure will be m ine

C Am

And she'll sm ile like the sun, so f ine,

G6 G Am

Till her f ace turns aw ay.

C G Am

And she'll r un down the side of the h ill

C G6 Em

And I'll l augh when I don't catch her 'cause I know I never w ill

Am G6 Am

And she'll t ease me and she'll h aunt me st ill

Em7 Am

In the ch ill of the d ay,

Am G Em

Oh m ama, your boy is a m an, -- proud

Am G Am G Em

G ot all I wanted in the p alm of my h and

Am G Em

And I kn ow you still d on't underst and -- sympathetic

Em7 Am

But I'm going to st ay -- determined

Em7 Am

To the end of the d ay.