under the South Street Bridge the river flows
and all my loves remind me that pain always came before joy
under the South Street Bridge the river flows
come the night
sound the hour
the days go by and i remain...
hand in hand, let’s stay face to face
while beneath our arms flows the tired wave [of soon forgotten days]
our love goes by like the waters of the rains
as life is long and as hope is violent
our life goes by like the waters of the rains
pass the days
pass the weeks
and neither times past nor loves gone return
pass the weeks into years
the days go by and i remain
and under the South Street Bridge goes the rain
i threw my cigarettes in the water and i walked home alone
well these streets are an empire and your apartment is rome
but i don’t have to be here
i don’t have to be here if i don’t want to
under the South Street Bridge the river flows
all my loves remind me that pain always came before joy
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words and music by Christopher Munden
based in part on the poem "Le Pont Mirabeau" by Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918)
released by Rachel Andes on Eulogies for the Living EP, 2009
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