The Hudson - Dar Williams

作词：Dar Williams

作曲：Dar Williams

If we're lucky

We feel our lives know

When the next scene arrives

So often we start in the middle

And work our way out

We go to some gray sky diner

For eggs and toast

New York Times or the New York Post

Then we take a ride through

The valley of the shadow of death

But even for us New Yorkers

There's a time in every day

The river takes our breath away

And the Hudson

It holds the life

We thought we did it on our own

The river roads collect the tolls

For the passage of our souls

Through silence

Over woods

Through flowers and snow

And past the George Washington Bridge

Down from the trails of Breakneck Ridge

The river's ancient path

Is sacred and slow

And as it swings through Harlem

It's every shade of blue

Into the city of the new brand new

And the Hudson yeah

It holds the life

We thought we did it on our own

I thought I had no sense of place or past

Time was too slow

But then too fast

The river takes us home at last

Where and when

Does the memory take hold

Mountain range in the Autumn cold

And I thought West Point

Was Camelot in the spring

If you're lucky you'll find something

That reflects you

Helps you feel your life protects you

Cradles you

And connects you to everything

This whole life I remember

As they begged them to itself

Never turn me into someone else

And the Hudson yeah

It holds the life

We thought we did it on our own

And the Hudson yeah

Holds the life

We thought we did it on our own