A River Runs Between Songtext
von The Changing Room

Into harbour we sailed on the incoming tide
Our fishing nets full of sardine
One town to the starboard and one to the port
And a river ran between
On the quayside she stood with a basket in hand
Such beauty I′ve never since seen
But she on the west bank and me on the east
And a river ran between

And as we haul away
I'm still in yesterday
Everything changed with the turn of the tide
I pay the ferryman, anchors aweigh again
My love for her I did never confide
′Cause a river ran between


The bridge builders came with their carrick and stone
Resistance they hadn't foreseen
One town has the money, the other the son
And a river runs between

And as we haul away
I'm still in yesterday
Everything changed with the turn of the tide
I pay the ferryman, anchors aweigh again
My love for her I did never confide
And as we haul away
I′m still in yesterday
Everything′s changed with the turn of the tide
She's way above me
My bride she will never be
A bridge doesn′t change things
The gap is too wide
And a river runs between


So now there's a path from the east to the west
And a pretty young maid of eighteen
But a lifetime of conflict the two towns divide
And a river runs between
And a river runs between