JUST LIKE A RIVER
(Shel Silverstein)


Sammi Smith - 1978



It comes and goes just like a river
Cool and welcome on a warm summer's day
Your memory comes just like a river
Just like a river it draws me away

It ebbs and flows just like a river
And I see reflections of warm night and day
Then it flows dark just like a river
Just like a river it draws me away

It's highs and lows just like a river
Rushin' by me and yet I know
It only leaves to come returnin'
Just like a river your memory comes and goes
Just like a river your memory comes and goes



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2018)