PAUL SIMON - The Cool, Cool River lyrics

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Moves like a fist through the traffic<br>Anger and no one can heal it<br>Shoves a little bump into the momentum<br>It's just a little lump<br>But you feel it<br>In the creases and the shadows<br>With a rattling deep emotion<br>The cool, cool river<br>Sweeps the wild, white ocean<br><br>Yes boss. the government handshake<br>Yes boss. the crusher of language<br>Yes boss. mr. stillwater,<br>The face at the edge of the banquet<br>The cool, the cool river<br>The cool, the cool river<br><br>I believe in the future<br>I may live in my car<br>My radio tuned to<br>The voice of a star<br>Song dogs barking at the break of dawn<br>Lightning pushes the edge of a thunderstorm<br>And these old hopes and fears<br>Still at my side<br><br>Anger and no one can heal it<br>Slides through the metal detector<br>Lives like a mole in a motel<br>A slide in a slide projector<br>The cool, cool river<br>Sweeps the wild, white ocean<br>The rage of love turns inward<br>To prayers of devotion<br>And these prayers are<br>The constant road across the wilderness<br>These prayers are<br>These prayers are the memory of god<br>The memory of god<br><br>And I believe in the future<br>We shall suffer no more<br>Maybe not in my lifetime<br>But in yours I feel sure<br>Song dogs barking at the break of dawn<br>Lightning pushes the edges of a thunderstorm<br>And these streets<br>Quiet as a sleeping army<br>Send their battered dreams to heaven, to heaven<br>For the mother's restless son<br>Who is a witness to, who is a warrior<br>Who denies his urge to break and run<br><br>Who says: hard times? <br>I'm used to them<br>The speeding planet burns<br>I'm used to that<br>My life's so common it disappears<br>And sometimes even music<br>Cannot substitute for tears