Whether laying down yourself beside it Or slipping into its cool and rushing effects Or drifting on it to where it broadens Your admiration for, for it's more elusive aspects Being drawn along by it Carried under, carried away By its long term membership By the time the ice huts hit the bottom We were already home in bed The most worthy men and the fiercest architects Couldn't fight the current, they couldn't save, they couldn't save the sheds Being drawn along by it Carried under, carried away By its long term membership Bring on the springtime, bring on the houseflies Bring on the bu*terscotch, river over spilling its banks If you've got you some withering power to amuse You'll find its greatest frustration has its entertaining value Being drawn along by it Carried under, carried away By its long term membership Being drawn along by it Carried under, carried away By its long term membership River wide, river wonder us