Simon, Paul - The Cool, Cool River Lyrics






Moves like a fist through the traffic
Anger and no one can heal it
Shoves a little bump into the momentum
It's just a little lump
But you feel it
In the creases and the shadows
With a rattling deep emotion
The cool, cool river
Sweeps the wild, white ocean

Yes Boss. The government handshake
Yes Boss. The crusher of language
Yes Boss. Mr. Stillwater,
The face at the edge of the banquet
The cool, the cool river
The cool, the cool river

I believe in the future
I may live in my car
My radio tuned to
The voice of a star
Song dogs barking at the break of dawn
Lightning pushes the edge of a thunderstorm
And these old hopes and fears
Still at my side

Anger and no one can heal it
Slides through the metal detector
Lives like a mole in a motel
A slide in a slide projector
The cool, cool river
Sweeps the wild, white ocean
The rage of love turns inward
To prayers of devotion
And these prayers are
The constant road across the wilderness
These prayers are
These prayers are the memory of God
The memory of God

And I believe in the future
We shall suffer no more
Maybe not in my lifetime
But in yours I feel sure
Song dogs barking at the break of dawn
Lightning pushes the edges of a thunderstorm
And these streets
Quiet as a sleeping army
Send their battered dreams to heaven, to heaven
For the mother's restless son
Who is a witness to, who is a warrior
Who denies his urge to break and run

Who says: Hard times?
I'm used to them
The speeding planet burns
I'm used to that
My life's so common it disappears
And sometimes even music
Cannot substitute for tears





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  1. h.... ....

    約30年ぶりに聴くけど やっぱ名曲

    h.... ....

    30年ぶりに聴いたんですか😮

  2. F.... T....

    I know this is my own upload but this song is SO beautiful...this is blissful music.

  3. j.... ....

    https://youtu.be/Q2-4gwVqspM you're welcome

  4. N.... S....

    he is a genius, quite unmatched. Period. agree, don't ya, all?

  5. L.... M....

    One of Paul's finest works ever. My 15th birthday I received this album and loved it from the moment I heard it. Today this record speaks to me stronger than ever as I deal with life's struggles and the illness of someone close to me.

  6. j.... g....

    And sometimes, even music, cannot substitute for tears.

  7. 1.... ....

    Yep, this one still with me like acceptance of drowning or the fall.........

  8. m.... b....

    These prayers, these prayers are the memory of god, the memory of god

    m.... b....

    These prayers are the constant road across the wilderness.

  9. J.... L....

    Beautiful song and I have only the second comment, come on people.

  10. J.... S....

    The despair and quiet sarcasm in the way he sings the following lines is genius:
    And I believe in the future
    We shall suffer no more
    Maybe not in my lifetime
    But in yours I feel sure

    Followed by "Song dogs barking at the break of dawn" to hammer the point in. We already killed the birds.

    J.... S....

    Sun dogs. It's the halo that sometimes surrounds the sun when there are ice crystals in the atmosphere.