The Cool, Cool River Lyrics - Paul Simon

Moves like a fist through the traffic 

Anger and no one can heal it 

Shoves a little bump into the momentum 

It's just a little lump 

But you feel it 

In the creases and the shadows 

With a rattling deep emotion 

The cool, cool river 

Sweeps the wild, white ocean 

Yes Boss. The government handshake 

Yes Boss. The crusher of language 

Yes Boss. Mr. Stillwater, 

The face at the edge of the banquet 

The cool, cool river 

The cool, the cool river 

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I believe in the future 

I may live in my car 

My radio tuned to 

The voice of a star 

Song dogs barking at the break of dawn 

Lightning pushes the edge of a thunderstorm 

And these old hopes and fears 

Still at my side 

Anger and no one can heal it 

Slides through the metal detector 

Lives like a mole in a motel 

A slide in a slide projector 

The cool, the cool river 

Sweeps the wild, white ocean 

The rage, the rage of love turns inward 

To prayers of devotion 

And these prayers are 

The constant road across the wilderness 

These prayers are, 

These prayers are the memory of God 

The memory of God 

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I believe in the future 

We shall suffer no more 

Maybe not in my lifetime 

But in yours I feel sure 

Song dogs barking at the break of dawn 

Lightning pushes the edges of a thunderstorm 

And these streets 

Quiet as a sleeping army 

Send their battered dreams to heaven, to heaven 

For the mother's restless son 

Who is a witness to, who is a warrior 

Who denies his urge to break and run 

Who says: Hard times? 

I'm used to them 

The speeding planet burns 

I'm used to that 

My life's so common it disappears 

And sometimes even music 

Cannot substitute for tears