Track 01
Take me down to your river
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Take me down to your river
The finger-picked guitar came first, then the title refrain which seemed to fit. The lyric developed into an anthem to the baptismal cleansing power of ecstatic oblivion - la petite morte and all that.... So no, it's not really about a river...
words and music by Martin Stirrup 2003
Watch on youtube
This was used on a Queensland tourist video by Neill and Alison Hayes - now on youtube.
Youtube link - Lawn Hills National Park
Take me down to your river
Intro around D à F
Take me to your river, Take me to your river
Let me lose myself, let me drown
I’m tired of talking, so tired of talking
I need a place to hide, won’t you take me down
Take me to your river, Take me to your river
I need to lose myself before I lose my mind
(La la la la la la, La la la la la la,) 2
I hear your laughter, your rippling laughter
Feel it carry me with the flow
And in this moment, this stolen moment
Wrap around me now and make me whole
Take me to your river, Take me to your river
Wash it over me, cleanse my soul
(La la la la la la, La la la la la la,) 2
Take me to your river, Take me to your river
I need to lose myself, I need to drown