Dear River - Emily Barker, The Red Clay Halo

Dear river

Won’t you take me out of here

Tell your friend the sea

That I’ll be waiting at the pier

And throw me down

To those rolling waves

They’re gonna take me

The rest of the way

Show me bright city lights

And streets I’ve never seen

Make a home for me

On the path in between

Then move me on

Like an autumn bird

For I wanna fly

All around the world

Pull me in

So we’re close enough to kiss

Read the starsy to me

For the sky

It is a myth

Then hand me over

To that restless wind

We’re gonna ride

To a land we’ve never been

But in every floodlit archway

And in every fading town

Goes the memory of a self I’ve left behind

So please take me from these bright lights

I’ve loved them more than they have me

Take me back to where the river bends

That’s where I long to be

Dear river

Won’t you take me out of here

Tell your friend the sea

That I’ll be waiting at the pier

And throw me down

To those rolling waves

They’re gonna take me

The rest of the way