Riverside Lyrics

This town has been on the river going on 300 years

Of livin' and dyin' and tryin' to get by, smiling through all of the tears

They have some stories, yeah I'll tell 'ya, did you hear how the town hall burned

Or the man who took too many liberties got his comeuppance but good

Hallelujah, Hallelujah beneath the clear blue sky

Hallelujah, glad I knew ya down by the riverside, by the riverside

Down by the riverside

When a baby comes they great her like she were a long lost friend

When the troubles come and they hold her closer than you've ever been

Yeah your mama, she was raised here and her mama she raised her right

With these people, this earth, I hope you know what it's worth to live by the riverside

Hallelujah, Hallelujah beneath the clear blue sky

Hallelujah, glad I knew ya down by the riverside, by the riverside, oh

Down by the riverside

Oh well, the church bell still tolls the hour

And the kid's they learn to love at the fair

Still the late summer nights when the moon shines right

On a girl with the long dark hair, long dark hair

They've had their share of sorrows, when the Oeillet boy died

They cried and they sobbed just tryin' to hold on to each other by his grave side

Hallelujah, Hallelujah beneath the clear blue sky, oh

Hallelujah, glad I knew ya down by the riverside, by the riverside, oh

Down by the riverside