{"id":146,"date":"2016-02-10T04:11:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T04:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catylou.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2025-04-21T05:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:12:01","slug":"the-rivers-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catylou.com\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"The River&#8217;s Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y1 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">I went down, down to the water\u2019s edge<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y2 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Watched the tides for a long, long time<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y3 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Thought how easy it would be<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y4 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">To just let the water carry me<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y5 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">These are the times that try my soul<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y6 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Though there are wonders for me to behold<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y7 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Lost my way so many years ago<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y8 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Now the blight of loneliness leaves me cold<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y9 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y9 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">River to the sea carry me, carry me<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1ya pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Along a path unknown to thee<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1yb pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Gentle rain falling on the rushing sea<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1yc pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Like my life full of choices, full of doubt<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1yd pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">My eyes are open but stll I cannot see<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1ye pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">For my heart is cold since you left me<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1yf pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1yf pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Like the sea tides, life comes and goes<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y10 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Leaving remnants of all that it beholds<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y11 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">I went down to the water\u2019s edge<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y12 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Watched the tides for a long, long time<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y13 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Thought how easy it would be<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y14 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">To just let the water carry me<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y15 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y15 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Carry me Ole Man Sea, carry me<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y16 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Carry me home across the sea<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y17 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Carry me to the place where I want to be<\/div>\n<div class=\"t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h1 pg-1y18 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0\">Carry me, carry me, carry me<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went down, down to the water\u2019s edge Watched the tides for a long, long time Thought how easy it would be To just let the water carry me These are the times that try my soul Though there are wonders for me to behold Lost my way so many years ago Now the blight &hellip; 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