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Down to the River

Ben Caplan

Folk

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Ben Caplan

Vocals

Ronald J Hynes

Upright Bass

Donald Maclennan

Donald Maclennan

Violin

Matt Gallant

Drums

David Christenen

David Christenen

Saxophone

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Ben Caplan

Producer

Ronald J Hynes

Producer

Charles Austin

Engineer

Dave Ewenson

Engineer

Nick MacDonald

Engineer

Graeme Cambell

Engineer

J Lapointe

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I went down to the river

Blowin' out onto the sea

On my way to the ocean

Let the spirit swallow me

I got low down in the water

I let the current guide my bones

I got nine kinds of trouble

I'm just tryin' to find my way home

[Verse 2]

Oh, twenty some years of livin'

And a thousand wasted days

I have loved a lot of women

Many times I've gone wrong ways

And I came down to the water

Oh, a dip to cleanse my soul

They keep tellin' me that I'm just a babe

But baby, why do I feel so old

[Verse 3]

This is the verge of a breakthrough

It's a fine line that cannot be bent

And I felt like a river run dry

But I don't know where all of the rainwater went

And I believe that we are all dead or dyin'

But I see different in the blue light

There is no such thing as a dawn or a dusk

It's daylight until it is not

[Verse 4]

Ya gotta fight through the dimmin'

Ya gotta run to the west

Ya gotta rage against the dyin' of the light

Live for the moment that's left

You gotta fight against the dimmin'

Ya gotta run to the west

Ya gotta rage against the dyin' of the light

Live for the moment that's left

'Cause there is no such thing as a dying man

We're alive till the moment we're dead

And a drowning man is just a living man

Who hasn't run out of his last bit of breath

[Verse 5]

I went down to the river

Blowin' out onto the sea

On my way to the ocean

Let the spirit swallow me

I got low down in the water

I let the current guide my bones

I got nine kinds of trouble

I'm just tryin' to find my way home

Find my way home

Find my way home

Find my way home

Written by: Ben Caplan

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