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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Judy Kuhn
Judy Kuhn
Vocals
Danny Troob
Danny Troob
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz
Lyrics
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Composer
Danny Troob
Danny Troob
Orchestrator
David Friedman
David Friedman
Vocal Arranger
Martin Erskine
Martin Erskine
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz
Producer
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
Producer
John Richards
John Richards
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
What I love most about rivers is
You can't step in the same river twice
The water's always changing, always flowing
But people, I guess, can't live like that
We all must pay a price
To be safe, we lose our chance of ever knowing
What's around the riverbend
Waiting just around the riverbend
[Verse 2]
I look once more just around the riverbend
Beyond the shore, where the gulls fly free
Don't know what for
What I dream the day might send
Just around the riverbend for me
Coming for me
[Verse 3]
I feel it there beyond those trees
Or right behind these waterfalls
Can I ignore that sound of distant drumming?
For a handsome sturdy husband
Who builds handsome sturdy walls
And never dreams that something might be coming
Just around the riverbend
Just around the riverbend
[Verse 4]
I look once more, just around the riverbend
Beyond the shore, somewhere past the sea
Don't know what for
Why do all my dreams extend
Just around the riverbend
Just around the riverbend
[Verse 5]
Should I choose the smoothest course?
Steady as the beating drum
Should I marry Kocoum?
Is all my dreaming at an end?
Or do you still wait for me, Dream Giver
Just around the riverbend?
Written by: Alan Irwin Menken, Stephen Lawrence Schwartz
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