The Iowa River

from As The Stars Catch Fire by Brethren Bones

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Written in Minnesota about an Iowa waterway.

lyrics

The Iowa River is singin' its song;
Sweet lazy river, just a-rollin' along,
Down to the big muddy father of waters,
On to the sea, right or wrong.

Can't take the barges, the tugboats or steamers;
This one was made for the paddle-wheel dreamers:
Kids in canoes, and lovers close by;
stars in the water that fall from the sky.

The Iowa River is singin' its song;
Sweet lazy river, just a-rollin' along,
Down to the big muddy father of waters,
On to the sea, right or wrong.

Passin' the corn, not a stone's throw wide;
Windin' its way through the green countryside;
Under the bridges of timber and stone,
Shinin', but no longer clean as a bone.

The Iowa River is singin' its song;
Sweet lazy river, just a-rollin' along,
Down to the big muddy father of waters,
On to the sea, right or wrong.

They say that it carries the soil away;
Carries the poisons so slow to decay;
Somehow a flood seems a righteous thing;
And somehow the river continues to sing.

The Iowa River is singin' its song;
Sweet lazy river, just a-rollin' along,
Down to the big muddy father of waters,
On to the sea, on to the sea, on to the sea, right or wrong

credits

from As The Stars Catch Fire, released May 16, 2018
Tim Gustafson: guitar and lead vocal
Ritchie Two Bulls; harmony vocal
Lyn Pulsifer: guitar and harmony vocal

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Brethren Bones Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bethren Bones: Lyn Pulsifer, Ritchie Two Bulls, and Tim Gustafson are friends from the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis.

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