Name: Waiting for the River to Run
Duration: P00H03M48S
Description: This is a song I wrote for our ailing Rio Grande River. Drought conditions and dams having rendered this once vibrant river to a dry bed for a large part of the year.

Waiting for the River to Run

by Alison Reynolds

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This is a song I wrote for our ailing Rio Grande River. Drought conditions and dams having rendered this once vibrant river to a dry bed for a large part of the year.

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Waiting for the River to Run
Music and lyrics: Alison Reynolds

Dry winds are blowing from the west
Putting survival to the test
No water flows along the river bed
Wind blows the sand up to the edge
Oh, waiting for the river to run
Oh, waiting for the river to run.
Cold winds blow hard down from the north
Freezing the land right to the core.
No snow is falling on the mountain sides
A once mighty river now runs dry
Oh, waiting for the river to run
Oh, waiting for the river to run.
We build the dams for our control
Disrupting nature’s perfect flow
So it goes
As the river dries
Tears we cry, oh!
Dry winds are blowing from the west
Putting survival to the test
No water flows along the river bed
Wind blows the sand up to the edge
Oh, waiting for the river to run
Oh, waiting for the river to run.

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released June 6, 2016
Rhythm guitar, cello and all vocals: Alison Reynolds
Bass: Tim McKellar
Lead guitar: Deborah Kuhn
Congas: Travis James Manning
Recorded at Nasty Cactus Studio in Las Cruces, NM
Engineered by Travis James Manning

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