"Braden River" lyrics

There were two buzzards flying together
Wing tip to wing tip, feather to feather
One said, "I want to know just where the river goes"
They were sitting high in the tree
One said to the other "You can never see just where the river goes
But it never freezes, oh, it never snows"

Braden River is soft and slow
It's muddy on top
Oh, it's muddy below
Won't you let it go?
Oh, let it go

I watched the clouds in the lonely sky
Listened to the wind and heard it die
Watched the water falling down
Run into the river from across the ground
The rain was warm, the river was cold
The rain was young, but the river was old
And that's the way the river runs
'Til you can't tell a daddy from the daughter and the son

Braden River is soft and slow
It's muddy on top
Oh, it's muddy below
Won't you let it go?
Oh, let it go

I drank to my troubles on the riverbank
Stuck 'em in the bottle and I watched it sink
Watched the bubbles rising lightly
Breaking in the sun so brightly
If the river had a mind to wonder
It wouldn't let the bottle under
But it never asks, the bottle's stolen
It takes what you give it then it keeps on rolling

Braden River is soft and slow
It's muddy on top
Oh, it's muddy below
Won't you let it go?
Oh, you let it go

And there were two buzzards flying together
Wing tip to wing tip, feather to feather
One said "I want to know just where the river goes"
And they were sitting high in the tree
One said to the other "You can never see just where the river goes
But it never freezes, oh, it never snows"

Braden River is soft and slow
It's muddy on top
Oh, it's muddy below
Can't you let it go?
Oh, you let it go

Braden River is soft and slow
It's muddy on top
Oh, it's muddy below
Can't you let it go?
Oh, you let it go

Yeah, you let it go
Oh, you let it go