Come and Sit by the River - Various Artists

[00:0.0]Come and Sit by the River - The Country Gentlemen
[00:13.3]I can see that
[00:14.78]You're ready to go home
[00:17.34]There's some tv show that
[00:20.36]You're missing
[00:21.98]But you know
[00:23.42]How an old man loves
[00:25.89]To talk
[00:26.83]And he needs someone
[00:29.06]Who will listen
[00:31.02]Come and sit
[00:32.4]By the river
[00:33.96]With me for a while
[00:35.83]And I'll tell you a story
[00:38.39]That's true
[00:40.1]Of when I was a boy
[00:42.54]Playing here on the shore
[00:45.25]And the grass
[00:46.24]Was so green
[00:47.29]And the water
[00:48.43]So blue
[00:51.77]Well our house
[00:52.96]Stood right over there
[00:55.83]Of course they took it
[00:58.08]Down for the highway
[01:01.02]I can see my moma's tears
[01:04.77]We've been there for twenty years
[01:08.53]And you know
[01:10.68]We would still if I had my way
[01:18.02]In those days you could often
[01:21.68]Find me here
[01:25.57]With the rest of the
[01:28.47]Nieghborhood children
[01:32.75]There was so much we could do
[01:36.47]There was fishing swimming too
[01:40.27]There was always
[01:42.6]Some raft that we were building
[01:47.3]Come and sit
[01:49.68]By the river
[01:52.18]With me for a while
[01:55.3]And I'll tell you a story
[01:59.62]That's true
[01:62.48]Of when I was a boy
[01:66.62]Playing here on the shore
[01:70.32]And the grass
[01:72.32]Was so green
[01:74.1]And the water
[01:76.55]So blue
[02:00.05]Many years
[02:01.88]I have watched this river flow
[02:06.93]Rolling down
[02:09.22]From the hills to the ocean
[02:14.52]I have seen the waters high
[02:18.52]Almost fierce and rushing by
[02:22.35]I have seen in nearly dry
[02:25.87]And without motion
[02:31.9]Now at last
[02:33.58]You can see what it has come to
[02:38.7]Oh we prospered but
[02:41.43]Poisoned the waters
[02:46.]Now the turnes have all been played
[02:50.25]And the piper must be paid
[02:54.1]Not by us
[02:56.38]But our
[02:57.85]Sons and daughters
[02:61.05]Come and sit
[02:63.17]By the river
[02:65.98]With me for a while
[02:68.82]And I'll tell you a story
[02:73.18]That's true
[02:76.17]Of when I
[02:78.22]Was a boy
[02:80.1]Playing here on the shore
[02:84.35]And the grass
[02:86.05]Was so green
[02:87.88]And the water
[02:90.18]So blue
[02:93.65]Come and sit
[02:95.37]By the river
[02:97.83]With me for a while
[03:00.8]And I'll tell you a story
[03:04.98]That's true
[03:08.05]Of when I
[03:10.25]Was a boy
[03:12.25]Playing here on the shore
[03:16.02]And the grass
[03:18.12]Was so green
[03:19.83]And the water
[03:22.3]So blue