Love And Regret

Down by the river
 The water's cold
 Used to have a girl but that's alright
 She came to me in a dream
 And slipped away like a running stream
 The hours of silence
 In the light of the moon
 Brings to me a sense of ease
 There's nothing else that I could do
 For that woman won't be pleased
 I see her running
 But I'm not the same
 I've chased after pleasure
 To bury my pain
 But it's resurrected
 When I say her name
 My love and regret are one in the same
 The scream of a raven
 The screech of an owl
 A heartbroke and lonesome coyote howl
 Those old Hartford records that we used to play
 And the silence when she went away
 A flower illustrated in bloom
 Floating on a wisp of consciousness
 She rides innocently down the river to
 The place where the light lives
 And shrugs off enchantment with a sigh
 Dreaming from the first moment of her life
 Unheard songs bathed in silver ring out as
 Morning rolls into the endless
 I see her running
 But I'm not the same
 I've chased after pleasure
 To bury my pain
 But it's resurrected
 When I say her name
 My love and regret are one in the same
 I keep wandering back
 To a place in my mind
 Where moonlight reflections return to her eyes
 To gaze at the water once more
 Before turning again to the sky
 Down by the river
 The water's cold
 Used to have a girl but that's alright
 She came to me in a dream
 And slipped away like a running stream