the river flows it flows to the sea wherever that river goes that s where i want to be flow river flow let your waters wash down take me from this road to some other town all he wanted was to be free and that s the way it turned out to be flow river flow let your waters wash down take me from this road to some other town go river go past the shaded tree flow river flow flow to the sea flow to the sea the river flows it flows to the sea wherever that river goes that s where i want to be flow river flow let your waters wash down take me from this road to some other town