These United States - Great Rivers lyrics

Rain came down twelve-oh-one New Year's Eve in old London I could only stand there weeping on the mighty Thames Alone and in love and fully alive The first time in a lifetime And all those people just floating on the water like a midnight gem Will you go with me, bittersweetly Skipping like a stone? The great rivers, all the great rivers I've already walked along alone It's an upstream journey to you Despite the sleight of hand that the cold winds blew The false direction laid atop the current underneath But I can forgive nearly anything That ends on autumn's tracks to spring Followed you in dreams out to that Mississippi beach Will you go with me, bittersweetly Skipping like a stone? The great rivers, all the great rivers I've already walked along alone It's not that you should stay the night It's just that you belong It's not that I'm trying to make things right I'm just so tired of being wrong So won't you go with me, bittersweetly Skipping like a stone? The great rivers, all the great rivers I've already walked along alone