Watching the River Flow

Composer: Bob Dylan       Original performer: Bob Dylan (1971)
First release: Ben Waters' Boogie 4 Stu, April 2011            Recording date: 2010
Recording location: different studios (UK, US)              Producer: Ben Waters
Chief engineer: (?)              Mixer: Glyn Johns
Never performed onstage


Line-up:
Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Bill Wyman
Electric guitars: Keith Richards & Ron Wood
Vocal: Mick Jagger
Harmonica: Mick Jagger
Piano: Ben Waters
Organ: Ben Waters
Alto saxophone Tom Waters
Saxophone: Willy Garnet
Saxophone: Don Wellor
Baritone saxophone: Alex Garnet
Tambourine: Dave Swift

 
What’s the matter with me?
I don’t have too much to say
Just daylight sneaking through the window
I’m still in this all-night café

Walking to and fro beneath the moon
Out to where the trucks are rolling slow
To sit down on this bank of sand
And watch the river flow

Wish I was back in the city
Instead of this old bank of sand
With the sun beating down over the chimney tops
And the one I love so close at hand

If I had wings and I could fly
I know where I would go
But right now I’ll just sit here contentedly
And watch the river flow

People disagree on almost everything
Makes you stop and wonder why
Why only yesterday I saw someone on the street
Who couldn’t just help but cry

This old river keeps on rolling, though
No matter what gets in the way and which way the wind blows
As long as it does I’ll just sit here
And watch the river flow

People disagree everywhere you look
Makes you stop and want to read a book
Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street
That was really shook

But this old river keeps a-rolling, though
No matter what gets in the way and which way the wind does blow
As long as it does I’ll just sit here
And watch the river flow

Watch the river flow
Yeah just sitting here, watch the river flow
Keep on... watch... watching the river flow

Watchin’ the river flow
But I’ll sit down on this bank of sand
And watch the river flow
 
 
 
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