Listen to The River by Tom Chaplin

The River

Tom Chaplin

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Tom Chaplin

Vocals

Matt Hales

Programming

Ben Hales

Electric Guitar

Dave Price

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Tom Chaplin

Composer

Matt Hales

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Matt Hales

Producer

Ben McKlusky

Engineer

Ben Baptie

Mixing Engineer

Adam Ayan

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I'm walking down the empty streets we used to know

With all those teenage dreams of conquering the world

In between the boats along the quay

Same old river staring back at me

She's watching everybody come and go

Carried here then washed away

Given to the flow

[Verse 2]

But every time I go back there

I feel I'm winding up nowhere

Why keep asking it to deliver

When those days are way down the river

[Verse 3]

It's gotta be time that I move on

The good old days they are long gone

Let it carry me into the future

Out of the background into the foreground

Giving it all to the river

[Verse 4]

So meet me somewhere new on some bright afternoon

When you have shed the skin that holds me back from you

Oh everything you want was long ago

Carried off and washed away, given to the flow

[Verse 5]

And every time I go back there

I feel I'm winding up nowhere

Why keep asking it to deliver

When those days are way down the river

[Verse 6]

It's gotta be time that I move on

The good old days they are long gone

Let it carry me into the future

Out of the background into the foreground

Giving it all to the river

[Verse 7]

The river rolls on, rolls on

Forever rolls on, rolls on

The river rolls on, rolls on

Forever rolls on, rolls on

[Verse 8]

Oh it's gotta be time that I move on

The good old days they are long gone

Let it carry me into the future

Out of the background into the foreground

Giving it all to the river

[Verse 9]

Giving it all to the river

Written by: Matt Hales, Tom Chaplin

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