Name: RIVER ROLL
Duration: P00H06M24S
Description: Whatever this song means, I haven't figured it out yet. Sometimes it feels like I never will. I wrote it nearly 25 years ago, and have recorded it several ways. This is the slowest it's ever been done. I'm about to record an acoustic up-tempo version. Maybe I'll understand it more after that.

RIVER ROLL

by Hallam Highwater

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Whatever this song means, I haven't figured it out yet. Sometimes it feels like I never will. I wrote it nearly 25 years ago, and have recorded it several ways. This is the slowest it's ever been done. I'm about to record an acoustic up-tempo version. Maybe I'll understand it more after that.

lyrics

RIVER ROLL LYRICS

Yesterday I read a thriller
Where it said that love’s a killer on parole
Underneath the tree a lady
Says it always seems too shady when you stroll
You gotta take what you are given
Hold onto your children

Then you gotta roll you river, roll you river, roll you river, roll you river
river roll

It could be the perfect answer
Livin’ with a famous dancer you control
But if you suffer double vision
Dealin’ with her indecision that’s the toll
You gotta find what you are missin’
Leave where you are livin’

Then you gotta roll you river, roll you river, roll you river, river roll,
roll you river, river roll
Yeah you gotta etc

She may learn to suffer sweetly
Lose her head and show completely what you stole
Maybe you can skip a season
Indicate a better reason for your goal
You gotta see where you are walkin’
Stop all of the talkin’

The you gotta roll you river, roll you river, roll you river, roll you river,
river roll,
Yeah you gotta roll you river, river roll.

credits

released May 22, 2013
Music and Lyrics: David Hallam
Vocals: David Hallam
Lead Guitar: Dan Howlett
Rhythm Guitar: Dale Bishop
Guitar/Vocals: B Nash
Bass Guitar: Peter McFarlane
Drums: Bruce Cameron
Produced by: Daryl Chonka, Old Growth Studio
(with Lane 31)

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