Heartbeat River Lyrics

Momma stepped in the river when I was a babe

She baptised me right there in a fresh water wave

A little bit of that water got trapped in my heart

Now my heartbeat and the river, I can't tell them apart

Daddy won't you take me back down steep canyon creek

The big pine, the deep pool, and the eddy line so sweet

When the line hit the water it ripped through my soul

The trout took that fly lord it took me back home

The crick, the creek, the river, and the run

They all flow through me like the earth needs the sun

Big Muddy stops flowing I'll shrivel up and die

Let the water flow around me wild and high

The flows so deep but I thurst for the cup

Clear, black, and blue lord I can't get enough

Keep it cool keep it clean no boil no blood

Let the water flow around me and my soul will flood

The crick, the creek, the river, and the run

They all flow through me like the earth needs the sun

Big Muddy stops flowing I'll shrivel up and die

Let the water flow around me wild and high