What I love most

about rivers is

you can't step in

the same river twice

the water's always changing

always flowing

But people, I guess

can't live like that

we all must pay a price

to be safe, we lose our

chance of ever knowing

What's around

the river bend

waiting just around

the river bend

I look once more

just around the river bend

beyond the shore

where the gulls fly free

don't know what for

What I dream

the day might send

just around the river bend

for me, coming for me

I feel it there

beyond those trees

or right behind

these waterfalls

Can I ignore that sound

of distant drumming

for a handsome

sturdy husband

who builds handsome

sturdy walls

And never dreams that

something might be coming

just around the river bend

just around the river bend

I look once more

just around the river bend

beyond the shore

somewhere past the sea

don't know what for

Why do all my dreams extend

just around the river bend

just around the river bend

Should I choose

the smoothest course

steady as the beating drum

Should I marry Kocoum

is all my dreaming at an end

or do you still

wait for me, dream giver

just around the

river... bend.....