He watches the morning light Catch on her raven hair Curves of her lips Promising a life that they will share Two lovers intertwined In the light of a winter's dawn As the rumble of war sweeps down through the valley So stay with me, oh lover My heart's filled with worry Stay with me, oh lover The borders are burning And the war is yearning To take you away from me And bury you deep in the clay down below So she waits by a river For the ghost of her lover His legacy she carries Soon to be a mother But the echoes of the fallen Still carry on in the morning Searching for the way home To their own true love's kiss So come to me, oh lover Your unborn is yearning Come to me, oh lover My heart is still burning My soul is yearning To feel the river swirling To join you once more In the next world, eternal To join you once more In the next world, eternal

I was 15 when my daddy died, mama worked 2 jobs just to get by Seemed like a blessin' when Harley came around, so she took his name but I had my doubts. Didn't take long for his drinkin' ways to start showin up on mama's face One violent night hidin' under my bed swore that he wouldn't see another sunset. The next day I followed him down to the river bank I knew one of us, wouldn't walk away. I might of had a plan but he didn't know it I might have been scared but I didn't show it That's all between the river and me With the current and the rocks, coulda been risky Might of been sober but I brought the whiskey Thats all between the river and me. I walked up to him and I said his name, just so he could see the look on my face We stood eye to eye and toe to toe, when I told him that he wasn't gonna come back home He raised his fist to me but I didn't flinch, I said, "I ain't your son, you son-of-a-bitch!" I might of had a knife in my back pocket, might of pulled it out before he saw it Thats all between the river and me I might of had a gun but I didn't fire it, He might of tried to yell but I kept him quiet Thats all between the river and me Thats all between the river and me Sheriff came knockin' on our front door, said they found his body by the reservoir "Bottle in his shirt and liquor in his blood, must of fallen in the river and he never came up." Might of been blood but they never saw it, just a little mud on the living room carpet Thats all between the river and me After what he done, well there ain't no wonder, can't remember how long I held him under Thats all between the river and me Thats all between the river and me Yea, Thats all between the river and me Thats all, Thats all.

I want to reach out over the lough And feel your hand across the water Walk with you along an unapproved road Not looking over my shoulder I want to see and I want to hear To understand your fears But we're north and south of the river I've been doing it wrong all of my life This holy town has turned me over A young man running from what he didn't understand But the wind from the lough just got colder and colder There was a badness that had it's way Love wasn't lost, love will have it's day North and south of the river North and south of the river Can we stop playing these old tattoos? Darling, I don't have the answer I want to meet you Where you are I don't need you to surrender 'Cuz there's no feeling That's so alone As when the one you're hurting is your own North and south of the river North and south of the river North and south of the river Some high ground is not worth taking Some connections are not worth making There's an old church bell no longer ringing Some old songs are not worth bringing North, some high ground is not worth taking North and south of the river

Love can be pleasing Love can be teasing Love can be pleasure Love can be playful Fill everyday, full up to the measure It has known to cause a fuss From the best of us, back on our heels And it can be the greatest things Since John Henry's first fling with automobiles Oh, love can be magic Love can be tragic Love can be laughter Love can be wild, yet, sweet as a child Who gets what he's after It all depends on how you play the game And on your point of view Because of love knows the rhyme of reason Just be glad for what she sees in you Love can be magic Love can be tragic Love can be laughter Love can be wild, yet, sweet as a child Who gets what he's after It all depends on how you play the game And on your point of view Because of love knows the rhyme of reason Just be glad for what she sees in you

Gee, it's great after bein' out late Walkin' my baby back home Arm in arm over meadow and farm Walkin' my baby back home We go 'long harmonizing a song Or i'm recitin' a poem Owls go by and they give me the eye Walkin' my baby back home We stop for a while, she gives me a smile And snuggles her head on my chest We start in to pet and that's when i get Her talcum all over my vest After i kinda straighten my tie She has to borrow my comb Once kiss then i continue again Walkin' my baby back home She's 'fraid of the dark so i have to park Outside of her door till it's light She says if i try to kiss her she'll cry I dry her tears all through the night Hand in hand to a barbecue stand Right from her doorway we roam Eats and then it's a pleasure again Walkin' my baby Talkin' my baby Lovin' my baby I don't mean maybe Walkin' my baby back home

Mira que es fantástico Lo que te voy a contar Anoche fui a bailar más no pude bailar Pues me ocurrió algo simpático Yo quería merenguear Mi chiquita cha cha cha Entonces se enojó y solo me dejó En el salón Ay que fantástico La busqué, la encontré Y le hablé de mi amor Corazón tú tienes la razón Volvamos al salón Bailando con cha cha cha de amor Esto es fantástico Pero muy simpático Un sueño fue en verdad y no la realidad Escucha bien, todo es fantástico Corazón tú tienes la razón Volvamos al salón Bailando con cha cha cha de amor Wow! Esto es fantástico Pero muy simpático Un sueño fue en verdad y no la realidad Escucha bien, todo es fantástico

They try to tell us we're too young Too young to really be in love They say that love's a word A word we've only heard But can't begin to know the meaning of And yet we're not too young to know This love will last though years may go And then some day they may recall We were not too young at all And yet we're not too young to know This love will last though years may go And then some day they may recall We were not too young at all

And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the meadows of my heart High up in the sky the little stars climb Always reminding me that we're apart You wander down the lane and far away Leaving me a song that will not die Love is now the stardust of yesterday The music of the years gone by Sometimes I wonder how I spend The lonely night Dreaming of a song The melody haunts my reverie And I am once again with you When our love was new And each kiss an inspiration But that was long ago And now my consolation Is in the stardust of a song Besides the garden wall When stars are bright You are in my arms The nightingale tells his fairytale A paradise where roses grew Though I dream in vain In my heart, it will remain My stardust melody The memory of love's refrain