Brown River

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I dug out my final coppers like a rat scavenges corpses To throw down the wishing well, to the dank bottom it fell I cannot recollect what my mind was perched or standing upon But some thing squeezed through my lips Letters I could not resist [Chorus 1] O am I such a lowly hand To, in the rain, have horses stand The breeze brought with it heather scent The brown river flows o'er my head Brown river flow over my head [Verse 2] (The) bumblebees are losing their Tails and scatter quickly 'fore their nights Have them sleep upon thе waves, have them sleep in circlеs (And) her chambers are soft and warm, and I will see them f'revermore In a shade of blurry brown, in a leg-limbed brevity [Chorus 2] And now the limp clouds turn away Here I stand, I am not afraid Just as the prophecies said The brown river flows o'er my head Brown river flow over my head