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Sit By The River was written in July ’84, the music was completely revised for the re-recording in August 2011. The original tune was quite languid, and I felt the music should be faster than the water. It has an uncomplicated lyric about (naturally) wanting to sit by the river in late summer as ‘afternoon drifts into evening’. It is not about any specific river; it is a picturesque imaginary ideal built from various rivers with willows, swans and stepping stones. So not the Medlock or Irwell.

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Sit By The River

Fallen leaves float down the river
Sweep the past aside
The weeping-willow cries discreetly
Tears for our lives
Grass that sways in lazy sunshine
Never asking why
Afternoon drifts into evening
Through my half-closed eyes
The setting sun is slowly sinking in a blood orange sky
The shadows reach my fingertips and hover for a while

I'm going to sit by the river where the swans glide by
I'm going to sit by the river or maybe lie
I'm going to sit by the river and close my eyes

Darker shades of summer madness
Drifting through my mind
Filling me with thoughts of sadness
And things I can not find
Water glides past stepping stones
Not holding back the flow
The river goddess singing softly
To the cooling meadow
Watching colours in the sky
As visions come and go
The clouds slide by as silent watchers
Of the play below
Resting in the mellow evening of your afterglow
A gentle breeze sighs through the trees leaving me alone

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from 2nd demo album : The Speed Of Sound In A Blood Orange Sky, released April 16, 2012
copyright John Armstrong Jul1984/Sep2011

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John Armstrong guitar/vocals, AnnMarie Crowley - vocals/percussion, Kevin Roache - bass guita, John Broadhurst - drums & Henry Armstrong - keyboards, ... more

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