Listen to River by Roberta Flack

River

Roberta Flack

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OVERVIEW

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Roberta Flack

Vocals

Ron Carter

Bass

Ralph MacDonald

Ralph MacDonald

Percussion

Grady Tate

Drums

Eric Gale

Electric Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Gene McDaniels

Songwriter

Roberta Flack

Arranger

William Eaton

Brass Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jack Shaw

Associate Producer

Barry Diament

Mastering Engineer

Joel Dorn

Producer

Bob Liftin

Recording Engineer

Lyrics

There's a river somewhere

That flows through the lives of everyone

And it flows through the valleys and the mountains and the meadows of time

There's a star in the sky

That brightens the lives of everyone

I know it brightens the valleys and the mountains and the meadows of time, yes, it do

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

There's a voice from the past

Speaks through the lives of everyone (Yes, it do, yeah)

I know it speaks through the valleys and the mountains and the meadows of time, yes, it do (Yes, it do, yeah)

There's a smile in your eye

Brightens the lives of everyone (Yes, it do, yeah)

I know it brightens the valleys and the mountains and the meadows of time, yes, it do (Yes, it do, yeah)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Ah, yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

There's a short song of love

Sings through the lives of everyone, yeah, yeah

And it sings through the valleys and the mountains and the meadows of time, yes, it do (Yes, it do), oh yeah (Yeah)

There's a sweet song of love that sings through the lives of everyone (Yes, it do), yeah (Yeah)

I know it sings through the valleys and the mountains and the meadows of time, oh yeah (Yes, it do, yeah)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do, y'all (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

There's a river somewhere

Flows through the lives of everyone, oh yeah

I know it flows through the valleys and the mountains and the meadows of time, yeah, yeah (Yes, it do, yeah)

There's a sweet song of love

That sweetens the lives of everyone, (Yes, it do) yeah (Yeah)

And it sweetens the valleys and the mountains and the meadows of time, yes, it do, yeah (Yes, it do, yeah)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

Yes, it do (Yes, it do)

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Yes, it do

Written by: Gene McDaniels

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