Green River Lyrics

Green River lyrics

[Spoken] 
Way out in the canyons of the West, there's a wild river. The Spanish named it
San Buenaventura; but we knew it as the Green.  
 
It was daylight on the river but we couldn't see the sun 
And we couldn't hear our voices through the roar 
But we felt the boilin' current and our blood was runnin' cold 
As we headed down the canyon of Lodore 
And the gods were runnin' with us 
On the day we ran the rapids of the Green  
 
[Chorus] 
And we died a thousand times in that forty miles of hell 
The longest day of life we'd ever seen 
But we lived to tell the story and we know the story well 
The day we ran the rapids of the Green  
 
We were thirty-two in number when we gathered on the shore 
And we headed off into the great unknown 
But we summoned up our courage an' we formed a mighty team 
And we ran that ragin' river all alone 
Yeah, the gods were runnin' with us 
On the day we ran the rapids of the Green  
 
[Echoing shouts.] 
 
 
And we hear a thousand echoes on the mighty canyon walls 
As we shouted from the waters far below 
And we saw the ancient warnings and we heard the ghostly cries 
Of the men who ran the river long ago 
And we prayed that they were with us 
On the day we ran the rapids of the Green  
 
[Echoing shouts.] 
 
 
Now the memories are swirlin' in the eddies of our minds 
But the waters of the Green are flowin' clear 
And the canyon of Lodore will be a long remembered tale 
To be told around the campfires through the years 
Yeah, the gods were runnin' with us 
On the day we ran the rapids of the Green  
 
[Chorus] 
And we died a thousand times in that forty miles of hell 
The longest day of life we'd ever seen 
But we lived to tell the story and we know the story well 
The day we ran the rapids of the Green  
 
[Echoing shouts. Fade out.]