I'm standing on the stage I'm working in a restaurant I make a decent wage And I will sing into the microphone The river rises up And flows above the interstate Beyond the schools and shops Have fun, there's no way to communicate And the water's moving on Beyond the lies and hypocrites I'm thinking of a song I need you to remember it The forest is alive It asks us to participate We lifted up our eyes To promise and reciprocate And we fell down on our knees For every human being One sad day I will fly away And one sad day I will tip toe away But a change is gonna come Like Sam Cooke sang in '63 The river sings a song to me On every St. Cecilia's day So when I was reborn I went back to the restaurant The river's moving on from here To sing it's crazy symphony And I'll go home where you are right in front of me