river of life rain was your birth gathered deep beneath the earth search and seep hollow stone issue and flow virgin stream meander free it s a long way to the sea caves and canyons stark prison walls swirl and hurl you from white cascading falls across the plain sweep your course river roll follow your star there s a city there s a bridge ships and barges dark rusty hearts feed cranes along your banks waste and poison cloy where once men drank forget the pain from rain to rain journey s end is surely not far 