Strange Rivers, and the Road Less Traveled
This song (Strange Rivers) is a wonderful song, with wonderful words.
The small decisions you make lead who knows where. What if you'd chosen another path?
This also reminds me of Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken", where the last verse is:
"I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood , and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
This version Strange Rivers is taken from an album by Joan Baez
Strange Rivers
There are voices in the mirror, faces at the door,
That open on the rivers we've never seen before.
Are there choices for the sparrow, or does he only fly
High above the rivers that are pulling you and I ?
Chorus:
For there are strange rivers, rivers that we cannot see
And there are strange rivers that know our destiny
And there are strange rivers that run your love to me
And he could have been a builder, he could have been the one
Who turned his dreams to steel cathedrals in the sun,
He could have been a builder, until he bought the gun
There are forces in that river that keep him on the run.
For, there are strange rivers, rivers that we cannot see
And there are strange rivers that know our destiny
And there are strange rivers that run your love to me
Have you ever turned the corner and wondered why you did?
You haven't been that way you know since you were just a kid
And nothing really happens, and then you have to say
What would happened had you gone the other way?
For there are strange rivers, rivers that we cannot see
And there are strange rivers, that know our destiny
And there are strange rivers, that run your love to me
And there are strange rivers
And there are strange rivers
And there are strange rivers.
(original words by John Stewart for last line of chorus are actually:
"There are strange rivers, and we're sailors you and me")
This song (Strange Rivers) is a wonderful song, with wonderful words.
The small decisions you make lead who knows where. What if you'd chosen another path?
This also reminds me of Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken", where the last verse is:
"I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood , and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
This version Strange Rivers is taken from an album by Joan Baez
Strange Rivers
There are voices in the mirror, faces at the door,
That open on the rivers we've never seen before.
Are there choices for the sparrow, or does he only fly
High above the rivers that are pulling you and I ?
Chorus:
For there are strange rivers, rivers that we cannot see
And there are strange rivers that know our destiny
And there are strange rivers that run your love to me
And he could have been a builder, he could have been the one
Who turned his dreams to steel cathedrals in the sun,
He could have been a builder, until he bought the gun
There are forces in that river that keep him on the run.
For, there are strange rivers, rivers that we cannot see
And there are strange rivers that know our destiny
And there are strange rivers that run your love to me
Have you ever turned the corner and wondered why you did?
You haven't been that way you know since you were just a kid
And nothing really happens, and then you have to say
What would happened had you gone the other way?
For there are strange rivers, rivers that we cannot see
And there are strange rivers, that know our destiny
And there are strange rivers, that run your love to me
And there are strange rivers
And there are strange rivers
And there are strange rivers.
(original words by John Stewart for last line of chorus are actually:
"There are strange rivers, and we're sailors you and me")