Ancient River

On the banks by the river there's a house with a yard And a mother turns away as her son falls apart The faded red paint tells a story 'bout despair And about people that just don't care On a hill there lives a man who worked hard all his life So he and his wife could enjoy their old age When retirement came his wife gets ill and dies Now he walks by the river and cries And the ancient river, the ancient river she flows The ancient river, divides the valley in two The ancient river flows down the valley of hopes And each day down the river, someones dreams flows away There's a rock for every dream that got tossed And stone for each soul that got lost Where the river meets the sea there's an old ruined shed Where a peasant kept his tools and his animals got fed He was a well known drunk, when he began he couldn't stop One night he fell into the river and never came up The ancient river, the ancient river she flows The ancient river, divides the valley in two The ancient river flows down the valley of hopes And each day down the river, someones dreams flows away There's a rock for every dream that got tossed And stone for each soul that got lost