Lyr Add: Down to a River (Alan's Song) (C. Kaldor)

Subject: Lyr Add: Down to a River by Connie Kaldor
From: open mike
Date: 03 Mar 03 - 03:44 PM

from her c.d. Small Cafe', 1997

(this song is for Alan Stein, a musician and film maker)

DOWN TO A RIVER (Alan's Song) by Connie Kaldor

There are dinners, there is music,
There is laughter, there were tears,
There are memories that go back
Over the years,
There are the marks made in a life
Like only good friends do,
Now I must choose to make a mark,
For the things I Loved in you,

    CHORUS
    I'll go down to a river, and plant a tree,
    Something strong, wild and living,
    Those are my memories,
    And I'll go up to a mountain, and sing to the stars,
    Can you hear me? Wherever you are.

And there's phone calls and there's crying
And there's clutching to the chest,
Ant there's singing songs and throwing dirt,
And laying down to rest,
And there's carving words on stone,
And making church bells ring,
But the river when it freezes over,
Still thaws and runs each spring.

    CHORUS

Do you hear the ones who loved you,
And were glad they knew you well,
Do the hearts you left that miss you,
Ring like a bell?

Subject: Lyr Add: DOWN TO A RIVER (ALAN'S SONG) (C Kaldor)
From: open mike
Date: 01 Nov 05 - 12:09 AM

DOWN TO A RIVER (ALAN'S SONG)
By Connie Kaldor

There are dinners. There is music.
There is laughter. There were tears.
There are memories that go back over the years.
There are marks made in life
Like only good friends do.
Now I must choose to make a mark
For the things I loved in you.

CHORUS: I will go down to a river and plant a tree,
Something strong, wild and living,
For those are my memories.
I will go up to a mountain and sing to the stars.
Can you hear me, wherever you are?

And there's phone calls, and there's crying,
And there's clutching to the chest,
And there's singing songs and throwing dirt,
And laying down to rest,
And there's carving words on stone,
And making church bells ring,
But the river when it freezes over
Still thaws and runs each spring.

CHORUS

Do you hear the ones who loved you
And were glad they knew you well?
Do the hearts you left that miss you
Ring like a bell?

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: DOWN TO THE RIVER
From: open mike
Date: 01 Nov 05 - 09:27 AM

this song was a tribute to a fried of Connie's
and I thought of it when reading a thread about
a mud catter who had passed away.