Lyrics

“Earth River” Version 1-1971
Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols
Copyright 1971 by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)
And Chet Nichols Creative Services-Magic Garage Music Division (ASCAP)
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I’ll be the river
Hold you when the ice is thin
I’ll be the river
Drink me in
Me down here
And you up on the bridge
Filling me up with your tears

For you I’ll grow a song
With a feathered quill that flows
And rides the river and takes you along

Sometimes I’m blind
Even when I try to see
Sometimes I’m blind
Sometimes when you’re looking
For an ending to the frost
Sometimes when you find it
You ain’t looking you’re lost
You ain’t looking you’re lost
You ain’t looking babe, you’re lost
You’re lost, you’re lost, you’re lost

Still, I’ll be the river
Hold you when the ice is thin
I’ll be the river
Drink me in

Our growing lights are growing sites
That eat at the strings and feed the night
The earth she buries and carries
The earth she buries and carries
The earth she buries and carries
Am I coming or going around?
Am I coming or going around?
Am I going or coming?
Am I coming or going?
Am I going or coming?

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Executive Producer & Recordist: Stephen Barncard
Producers: Stephen Barncard & Chet Nichols
Recorded At: Wally Heider’s Studio, San Francisco
Vocals, piano & guitar by Chet Nichols
Arrangements: Chet Nichols
Lyric & Music by Chet Nichols
The songs was Inspired by a family story of Chet’s Great-Grandfather skating on the frozen Rhine River as a young man delivering milk before he migrated to America. Supposedly, the girls would stand on the bridges waiting for him to skate by so they could wave at him.

The track was re-recorded by Chet in 2020, as, "I'll Be The River"