Evangeline - On The Levee lyrics

Slipping away from our mother's eyes across the river road to our paradise A world of tall gra** and bu*tercups the mighty Mississippi and a driftwood We held heaven in our hands there on the levee That river ran so mighty and wise it seemed to know all the mysteries of life We began to finally understand when you looked in my eyes and took my hand I swear it was the promised land there on the levee Always eternally carved into a cypress tree Then you followed that river on it's way to the sea Fading memories in the twilight of these years That were only ours to know our hearts had come so close The day when we let go there on the levee Fading memories in the twilight of these years It seems I can't forget my river of regret The love that came and went there on the levee That levee still stands so strong and tall but it could not keep my wanderer home I guess that I should know by now that river's gonna run on anyhow Life just comes and goes and love just never knows When two hearts will let go there on the levee there on the levee