By the River

I like rivers, I like rivers Sailboats, fisherman, skinny-dipping swimmers Kids turning rocks over catching lil critters Eagle in the pine tree eyeballing dinner My uncle used to cut school to hit the Susquehanna Kept himself a rod and reel he hid up in the bramble The school took attendance, it was quiet as a mouse He was at the river pulling out a giant by its mouth A river in the daylight is energy and life A river in the dark can be a genuine surprise You might find some lovers getting cozy on the shore Or a cold-blooded psychopath disposing of a corpse Sitting by the Hudson river talking to a ghost "I wish that we could rock a beat and smoke an L at Tone's I miss the way you rhyme and how you never had a clone Ain't a motherfucker living that could ever crack the code" I like rivers, I like rivers Freight ships passing through old drawbridges It looks so cool when you catch it from a distance A little less cool when you stuck inside your Civic I wonder what could possibly be lurking on the bottom I look into the water and imagine all the options A fish we never knew about, some rusty old jalopy The murder weapon used to catch the aforementioned body I seen a beaver chilling by the bank of the Willamette We gazed upon each other undeniably enchanted A wave of telepathic information through the filter It said "when I go to heaven I want you to have the river" He also said the others had agreed that I was chosen Just don't mention it front of them as gloating is for no one I'm pretty sure you don't have the authority to say this But thank you, I accept, I'll have my lawyer draft the papers I like rivers, I like rivers Hard to put a price on water for the village I jumped into the Amazon to launder all my atoms The Chao Praya had me spilling coffee on the captain My heart is the East River floating on a frisbee That came in from the Long Island Sound to sojourn in the city It's not the kinda water where you'd throw a Triple Lindy If you get some on your skin they probably notify your siblings I picture a scenario where someone's held me captive And escape would mean to build a raft and navigate some rapids I wonder if my training from the school of tv magic Would beget some makeshift watercraft that make off for Damascus In practice I have no desire get into the water I like to know it's there in the event I ever wanna Waterfalls, tributaries, Lichtenberg figures Twilight fireflies, I like rivers