The River

 I come from down in the tani

Where Mister when you're young

They bring you up to do just like your Mammy done

We'd go down to the river

And into the river we'd gingerly step

Oh that damn river was  ever so cold

Then I got a hollow tube

And man did it ever float

And for my fifth birthday I got a red helmet and a life-jacket

We went down to Forest Kozan

And the guide put me in the water

No wetsuits, no thermal underwear

No way to stop the hollow tube

Oh we went down to the river

And into the water we'd go

And man was it ever cold

But I remember us riding in my daddy's Mazda,

His stereo on and my mamma complaining

About the Thunder Road and the Wrecking Ball
And as I lie awake in my bunk at night
I still feel the cold and the water white

 Now I spend my days down at the nursery school
Where all we ever do is play inside
But sometimes mister when its nap time
My dreams of floating come alive
And send me back down to the river
And into the river we'd dive (kind of)
Down to the river
My hollow tube and me 
Oh down to the river we'd go