The River - Strawbs

I made a sideways motion

Turning a new leaf

The single minded miner’s girl

Was there to share my grief

I shivered in the butter wind

Three times the cockerel crowed

I waited for the river

But the river did not flow

An autumn turned to silver

Winter turned to gold

The weatherman said dress up

Oh but I did not feel the cold

Kids waited with toboggans

As I sheltered from the snow

I waited for the river

But the river did not flow

I will drink the milk from you breasts

Meld myself to you

Collect the valley lilies

The worshippers once strew

My body aches with hunger

Yet your belly has to grow

I waited for the river

But the river did not flow