Sweet Water River

• Sweet water river
• sings a new song
• while the world is a changing
• that river rolls along

• sweet water river
• churning to the sea
• born in the mountains
• she forever will be

• coming down from high above
• where only God can know
• cascades down a mountain side
• past my cabin she flows

• I'd love to see the things she has
• the valleys so green
• past snow fields and rocky crags
• with water so clean

• and where is she going now how much
• joy will she bring
• to those along her way
• who listen to her sing

• Sweet water river
• sings a new song
• while the world is a changing
• that river rolls along

• sweet water river
• churning to the sea
• born in the mountains
• she forever will be

• I love to sit on the bank
• and watch her roll by
• somewhere in deep water
• a brook trout will lie

• from the warmth of runoff
• when banks overflow
• to the cold of wintertime
• frozen and covered with snow

• my favorite is the night time
• under a cold and starry sky
• somewhere in the valley
• a freight train rolls by

• Sweet water river
• sings a new song
• while the world is a changing
• that river rolls along

• sweet water river
• churning to the sea
• born in the mountains
• she forever will be

• many times when I'm feeling down
• and my spirits are low
• I take a walk down the hill
• to a river that I know

• as I sit near the river
• in a cool mountain breeze
• the sadness that can bring me down
• seems to vanish in the trees

• now real joy's not in the water
• as pretty as she may be
• but sometimes I think the Lord
• made that river just for me

• Sweet water river
• sings a new song
• while the world is a changing
• that river rolls along

• sweet water river
• churning to the sea
• born in the mountains
• she forever will be