Songs For A New World movie - River Won't Flow lyrics

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MAN 2:<br>

I left my home at fifteen <br>

I wore this very same coat <br>

My mama said, "Son, if you stay on this path,<br>

You'll find a river full of money where the rich fish flow"<br>

I said, "I'll catch me them fish"<br>

And I've searched low and searched high <br>

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Well, I've seen more water than Columbus had seen <br>

I found me this lake that was greener than green <br>

I said, "Mama, I know this is what you mean"<br>

But when I bent for a sip, the river ran dry <br>

The river won't flow for me (no no no)<br>

The river won't flow for me (no no no no)<br>

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I live my life on the up and up <br>

And this is where I was meant to be <br>

But the river don't <br>

The river won't <br>

Flow for me <br>

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MAN 1:<br>

I never had me no house <br>

I never had me no phone <br>

I never had much that I didn't have to go <br>

And fight for the right to call it my own <br>

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I don't expect any help <br>

I don't expect nothing free <br>

It's not about being any righteous man <br>

It's not about God and the master plan <br>

It's not about doing the best I can <br>

No, this corner was where I was born to be <br>

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‘Cause the river won't flow for me (no no no)<br>

The river won't flow for me (no no no no)<br>

It's just one of the little lessons <br>

That I learned on my Mama's knee <br>

The river don't <br>

The river won't <br>

Flow for me <br>

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MAN 2, MAN 1, WOMAN 1, & WOMAN 2:<br>

It's all luck,<br>

It's just luck <br>

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MAN 2:<br>

There's no way you can rig the game because <br>

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MAN 2, MAN 1, WOMAN 1, & WOMAN 2:<br>

It's all luck,<br>

It's just luck <br>

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MAN 1:<br>

The sinner and the saint could wind up the same ‘cause <br>

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MAN 2, MAN 1, WOMAN 1, & WOMAN 2:<br>

It's all luck,<br>

It's just luck <br>

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MAN 2, MAN 1:<br>

That decides between the noose and the knife <br>

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MAN 2, MAN 1, WOMAN 1, & WOMAN 2:<br>

It's all luck,<br>

It's just luck <br>

When you're begging to switch <br>

With some rich son-of-a-bitch <br>

Who ain't never done nothing to deserve that life <br>

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It seems so easy to run <br>

Until there's nowhere to go <br>

You never get much for the dues you pay <br>

You never go far on the easy way <br>

There isn't much choice <br>

But to kneel and pray <br>

For the river, the river, the river <br>

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MAN 2:<br>

To flow<br>

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MAN 2, MAN 1, WOMAN 1, & WOMAN 2:<br>

Flow, flow, flow, flow <br>

Flow, flow, flow, flow, flow, flow<br>

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MAN 1 & WOMAN 2:<br>

The river's got to flow<br>

The river's got to flow<br>

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MAN 2, MAN 1, WOMAN 1, & WOMAN 2:<br>

River, river, river, river,<br>

Flow!<br>

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But the river won't flow for you (no no no)<br>

The river won't flow for you (no no no no)<br>

You gotta live how you gotta live<br>

You gotta do what you gotta do <br>

‘Cause the river don't<br>

The river won't <br>

The river can't <br>

The river ain't never ever gonna flow for you <br>

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WOMAN 1 & WOMAN 2:<br>

Never gonna flow for you <br>

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MAN 2, MAN 1, WOMAN 1, & WOMAN 2:<br>

Never gonna flow for you <br>

Never gonna flow for you!<br>

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