River of Blood
Tim O'Brien

The land I live in, it has no borders
It's under my feet wherever I go
Around the world in every corner
There's always a family or a friend I know

I've seen myself in all their faces
I hear my voice when they sing a song
The path I walk is nothin' but a trace
Of a river of blood runnin' pure and strong

The river of blood starts with a trickle
High on a mountain when the world is new
It flows through time and gathers the memories
Washes 'em down over me and you

From the ring of Kerry to the streets of London
The land down under to the USA
Many have tried but none can contain it
The river of blood keeps makin' its way

It's a river of blood in a valley so wide
It's cuttin' its course with a current of pride
My soul finds mercy, my heart such peace
I get down to the bank, I fall down on my knees
Drink from the river of blood

Sometimes I walk through a foreign city
And people will turn, stop and stare
There's somethin' strange that they sense about me
The sound of my speech and my curly red hair

For a little while I might be lonesome
But I know I won't be lost for long
Around the bend at the bottom of the hill
The river of blood is runnin' pure and strong

It's a river of blood in a valley so wide
It's cuttin' its course with a current of pride
My soul finds mercy, my heart such peace
I get down to the bank, I fall down on my knees
Drink from the river of blood

The land I live in, it has no borders
It's under my feet wherever I go
Around the world in every corner
There's always a family or a friend I know

I see myself in all your faces
And I hear my voice when you sing a song
The paths we walk are nothin' but traces
Of a river of blood runnin' pure and strong

It's a river blood, it don't have fire
I'm down on my knees


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Lyrics by Tim O'Brien

  A House of Gold   Another Day   Bending Blades   Blackest Crow   Brother Wind   Circles Around You   Climbin' up a Montain   Climbing Up A Mountain   Cluck Old Hen   Daddy's on the Roof Again   Deep in the Woods   Demon Lover   Don't Be Surprised   Down in the Willow Garden   Drunkard's Hiccups (Jack Of Diamonds)   Easy as Pie [Instrumental]   Edge of the Storm   Evening   Every Tear Has a Reason Why   Fair Margaret and Sweet William   Family History   Fell into Her Deep Blue Eyes   First Days of Fall   Five Rooms   Flora, the Lily of the West   Footsteps So Near   For the Fallen   Forty-Nine Keep On Talkin'   Handsome Molly   Hard Pressed   Hard Times   Hard Year Blues   Hold to a Dream   Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor   How Come I Ain't Dead   Hungry Eyes   I Like the Way You Cook   I'm Not Gonna Forget You   I've Endured   Into the West   Ireland's Green Shore   Ireland's Green Shore [Instrumental]   John Riley   Jonah and the Whale   Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning   Kelly Joe's Shoes   Kick Me When I'm Down   Less & Less   Let Love Take You Back Again   Like I Used to Do   Little Sadie   Lone Tree Standing   Long Black Veil   Long Distance   Lost Little Children   Love and Laughter   Love Is Pleasing   Love on Hold   Maggie's Farm   Me And Dick's Trip To Ireland   Me and Dirk's Trip to Ireland   Melancholy Moon (Not)   Mic Ryan's Lament   Mick Ryan's Lament   Mole in the Ground   More Love   Mountaineer Is Always Free   Music Tree   Nellie Kane   Nice Work If You Can Get It [Outtake]   Norwegian Wood   On the Outside Looking In   One Drop of Rain   One Girl Cried   One Way Street   Out in the Darkness   Out on the Rolling Sea   Queen of Hearts   Raleigh and Spencer   Restless Spirit Wandering   Ribbon in Your Hair   Rock In A Weary Land   Rock in My Shoe   Rod McNeil   Romance Is a Slow Dance   Shadows of Light   She's Runnin' Away   Skillet Good And Greasy   Talkin' Cavan   That's What I Like About You   The Farmer's Cursed Wife   The Foggy Dew   The High Road   The Holy Well   The Perfect Place to Hide   The Second Mouse   The Tide Flows into Miltown   Think About Last Night   Travelers   Turn the Page Again   Turning Around   Two Journeys   Two Journeys (Deux Voyages)   Wagoner's Lad   Walk Beside Me   Walk The Way The Wind Blows   Wandering   Wayfarin' Stranger   What Does the Deep Sea Say?   When I Die I'll Live Again   When There's No One Around   When You Come Back Down   Wildewood Drive [Instrumental]   Working On A Building

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