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Tracks
Brian Eno
Wrong Way Up
The River

TRACK

The River

Release date: 5th October 1990

From Wrong Way Up

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About This Track

"The River" is a track by Brian Eno, from the album Wrong Way Up, released 5th October 1990. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Brian Eno.

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Lyrics

The River

[Verse 1]

So deep in the water

Sleep, dark as the night

Somehow it seems it was all another dream

Soon dissolved in the light

[Verse 2]

Oh, we were by the waterline

Vague, the song of the night

Innocent to all the peasant gods with you

So we drink to be renewed

[Chorus]

On the long, deep river

Where the moorhens cry

As the first sun quivers in the open sky-yi-yi

[Verse 3]

Oh, she came down the river

Soon, all the leaves were still

The current was strong and the river was so long

So, we drink to be renewed

[Chorus]

In the long cool evening

When the peacocks shiver

And the boat starts down the silver river way

[Chorus]

I remember you saying

As her deep eyes opened

In the first light seeing her, "Here is someone new"

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Track details

From Wrong Way Up

1990

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1990

—You Don't Miss Your Water
—Been There Done That
—Cordoba
—Empty Frame
—The River
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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Brian Eno
Producer: Brian Eno, John Cale
Engineer: Brian Eno, David Young
Keyboards: Brian Eno, Roger Eno
Vocals: Brian Eno
Mastering Engineer: Stephen Marcussen, Tony Cousins
Mixing Engineer: Brian Eno, Bruce Lampcov, Rhett Davies
Omnichord: Brian Eno
Strings Arranger: Nell Catchpole
Violin: Nell Catchpole