Lost River Songtext
von Bud's Collective

There′s a lost river that flows
In a valley where no one goes
Where the wild waters rush
Rumbles deep in the hush
Gone far from there now
Lord, I'll get back somehow
To where the lost river winds
In the shadow of the pines

Oh, lost river, now I′m coming back
To the pot-belly stove
Where the firewood's all stacked
My Quebec girl go with me
Oh, my belle, my fleur-de-lis
To where the lost river winds
In the shadow of the pines


Now everybody knows
Where that lost river flows
It's some place he′s lost
Behind the bridges that he′s crossed
And he'd like to return
But the bridges are all burned
And he′s much too far down
To return to higher ground

Oh, lost river, now I'm coming back
To the pot-belly stove
Where the firewood′s all stacked
My Quebec girl go with me
Oh, my belle, my fleur-de-lis
To where the lost river winds
In the shadow of the pines

Oh, lost river far over the ridge
Now, is it too late
For me to build me a new bridge
To a bright, golden time
When her love was still mine
And the world was still wild
Like the heart of a child


Oh, lost river, now I'm coming back
To the pot-belly stove
Where the firewood′s all stacked
My Quebec girl go with me
Oh, my belle, my fleur-de-lis
To where the lost river winds
In the shadow of the pines

To where the lost river winds
In the shadow of the pines