The Infamous Stringdusters - Tears Of The Earth lyrics

Iʼve known rivers ancient and deep Iʼve seen the ripples in the moonlight, and the secrets they keep Rushing like a torrent, and carving the land Picking up trees, the stone and the sand And the cities of man, grow up from the ground They grow up so tall, where the river runs down Paris to London, Boston New Orleans From the heartland down to dixie, out to the seven seas. Like the tears of the earth, the rivers they run Coming down from the mountains in the bright morning sun Where I clean my soul and get carried away Let me stay in the valley by the river, one more day. I remember a place, where mountains divide. And I stood at the edge of the canyon so wide I saw so many years, ten thousand before And it will carve out the land, for ten thousand more Like the tears of the earth, the rivers they run Coming down from the mountains in the bright morning sun Where I clean my soul and get carried away Let me stay in the valley by the river, one more day. When the first light of dawn heats up the dew And the drops shine like diamonds where sunlight shines through My heart can rest if just for a while And my tired feet can walk for another mile Like the tears of the earth, the rivers they run Coming down from the mountains in the bright morning sun Where I clean my soul and get carried away Let me stay in the valley by the river, one more day.