I've known rivers ancient and deep
Seen the ripples in the moonlight
And the secrets they keep
Rushing like a torrent and carving the land
Picking up trees The stone and the sand
And the cities of Man grow up from the ground
They grow up so tall where the river runs down
Paris to London, Boston, New Orleans
From the heartland of Dixie out to the seven seas
Like the Tears of the Earth
The rivers they run
Comin down from the mountain
In the bright morning sun
Where I clean my soul and get carried away
Let me stay in the valley by the river one more day
I remember a place, where mountains divide.