Silent Rivers Fade

The salt is settling on the wooden rail

I watch the gray horizon slowly fade

No hurried step upon this coastal trail

Just quiet hours lingering in the shade

We leave our heavy burdens to the tide

And let the evening wash the stones clean

Nowhere to run and nothing left to hide

In every valley rolling quiet and green (mm-mm)

The pine cones fall across the wet dark moss

A solitary lantern starts to glow

We measure time by neither gain nor loss

Just by the gentle pace the rivers flow

We leave our heavy burdens to the tide

And let the

evening wash the stones clean

Nowhere to run and nothing left to hide

In every valley rolling quiet and green (hummmm)