Goodbye to a River

So long
They put that river in a box
We lose our wonder bit by bit
I can touch it through you

Goodbye to a river
So long
And men must have control
Goodbye to a river
Goodbye to a river
As the years dull my senses
And their tools on the hill
Where we ought not to be

So long

And the beauty that still remains
Poisoning the common ground
So long
Well, that's all right with me
And the captains of industry
They're killing everything divine
In the damage done since we have gone
What will I tell this child of mine
The dirty water washes down

The arrogance that lies unseen

And I try to hold on to the world that I knew
Lakes and levees, dams and locks
Goodbye to a river
Goodbye to a river
Goodbye to a river
We live our lives in starts and fits
And bearing them away
Taking sins of farm and town
If Heaven's torrent can wash clean
Well it was runnin' wild
I make a church out of words
Goodbye to a river
We lose our very souls
Goodbye to a river

Goodbye to a river

We condescend and in the end
Goodbye to a river
And I struggle to cross generational fences