This Uphill River

from Hidden Music by Dan Ecclestone

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It took a long time

To get where we were going

Get where we were going

Although we were strong

And I believed you

Everything you said

Everything you said all along.

‘Get behind the mule’,

‘Get behind the mule’ I’d say

With a smile

And the wine would flow

When the work was done.

I believed the American dream

I built my house beside a stream

And sailed this uphill river to the sea

But I can’t reach the ocean

Without you.

It took a wild wind

And everything the good Lord

Could throw at us

It took the rising rivers of Noah

The seeds and the sowers of dust

Then.... you called my name, so slow

And as if in a dream, you fell

Turning on your plough

You fell, back to the soil

Seemed as if unreal

How could this be?

Still the field was green....

I bought this American dream

This house of love

From which to reach the river

Flowing uphill to the sea

But I can’t reach the ocean,

The final scene,

And leave them all behind

To work another day

If you’re not here with me.

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from Hidden Music, released January 8, 2021

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