Songs with "River" in them
 

Im making a compilation cd of songs w/ River in it, it can just be in the lyrics too.

What I got so far:

Grateful Dead - Big River
The Doors - Yes The River Knows
Neil Young - Down By The River
Talking Heads - Take Me To The River
Deep Purple - River Deep Mountain High
Zeppelin - Traveling Riverside Blues
CCR - Green River

proll put some Johnny Rivers and Little River Band on it too.


also working on a Mountain compilation.

Songs with and-or by Mountain(s)

River of Dreams (Billy Joel) - very 'river-y' actually
Rivers of Babylon (Some singer)
Moon River (Johnny Mercer)
Old Man River (I remember someone singing this, emphasising the fact that 'river' is pronounced 'ribber'... and making some joke about and old man's ribber... disgusting).

She'll be coming round the Mountain when she comes....

the river ... santana (one of my very favorite songs)

Marty Robbins - Red River Valley
Oak Ridge Boys - Gonna Take A Lot Of River
Walter Brennan - Old Rivers
Linda Ronstadt - Rivers Of Babylon
Johnny & The Hurricanes - Red River Rock
A Very Ally Christmas - River
Alabama - Tennessee River
HighwayMen - Big River
Willie Nelson - Whiskey River
America - Don't Cross the River
Grass Roots - The River Is Wide
Whitesnake - River Song
Ralph Stanley and Friends - The Lonesome River
Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues
Garth Brooks - The River

down in the river to pray - alison krauss

bruce springsteen - the river
 

I come from down in the valley
where mister when you're young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in high school
when she was just seventeen
We'd ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green

We'd go down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we'd ride

Then I got Mary pregnant
and man that was all she wrote
And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse
and the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle
No flowers no wedding dress

That night we went down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we did ride

I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Now I just act like I don't remember
Mary acts like she don't care

But I remember us riding in my brother's car
Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
At night on them banks I'd lie awake
And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
Now those memories come back to haunt me
they haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse
that sends me down to the river
though I know the river is dry
That sends me down to the river tonight
Down to the river
my baby and I
Oh down to the river we ride

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Dire Straits - Ride Across The River

Bow River by Cold Chisel
Album: Circus Animals
Date: 1982

does it have to have river in the title ?
if not...
Close To The Edge

I. The Solid Time Of Change
Anderson/Howe

A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace,
And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace,
And achieve it all with music that came quickly from afar,
Then taste the fruit of man recorded losing all against the hour.
And assessing points to nowhere, leading ev'ry single one.
A dewdrop can exalt us like the music of the sun,
And take away the plain in which we move,
And choose the course you're running.

Down at the edge, round by the corner,
Not right away, not right away.
Close to the edge, down by a river,
Not right away, not right away.

Crossed the line around the changes of the summer,
Reaching to call the color of the sky.
Passed around a moment clothed in mornings faster than we see.
Getting over all the time I had to worry,
Leaving all the changes far from far behind.
We relieve the tension only to find out the master's name.

Down at the end, round by the corner.
Close to the edge, just by a river.
Seasons will pass you by.
I get up, I get down.
Now that it's all over and done,
Now that you find, now that you're whole.

II. Total Mass Retain
Anderson/Squire

My eyes convinced, eclipsed with the younger moon attained with love.
It changed as almost strained amidst clear manna from above.
I crucified my hate and held the word within my hand.
There's you, the time, the logic, or the reasons we don't understand.

Sad courage claimed the victims standing still for all to see,
As armoured movers took approach to overlook the sea.
There since the cord, the license, or the reasons we understood will be.

Down at the edge, close by a river.
Close to the edge, round by the corner.
Close to the end, down by the corner.
Down at the edge, round by the river.

Sudden call shouldn't take away the startled memory.
All in all, the journey takes you all the way.
As apart from any reality that you've ever seen and known.
Guessing problems only to deceive the mention,
Passing paths that climb halfway into the void.
As we cross from side to side, we hear the total mass retain.

Down at the edge, round by the corner.
Close to the end, down by a river.
Seasons will pass you by.
I get up, I get down.

(in the 70's i was camped by a river during a total eclipse listening to this..)

Cry me a River by Arthur Hamilton


Now you say you're lonely
You cry the whole night through
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you

Now you say you're sorry
For being so untrue
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you

You drove me... nearly drove me
Out of my head
While you never shed a tear

Remember... I remember all that you said
Told me love was too plebeian
Told me you were through with me

And now you say you love me
Well, just to prove you do
Come on and cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you

I cried a river over you

man. everytime i think of yes i have to cue up an entire album...or three. :)

- js.

my favorite version of that is by
Julie London

http://solosong.net/cry.html :)

Song of the Dispossessed - Dead Can Dance
Stuck By This River - Brian Eno
The River - Brian Eno and John Cale
River Man - David Sylvian
Krishna Blue - David Sylvian
Under Ice - Kate Bush
The River Song - Donovan
Across The River - Peter Gabriel
In The Rapids - Genesis
Sand River - Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man
Curse - Hunters and Collectors
Like A Tattoo - Sade
The Maker - Daniel Lanois
Ice - Daniel Lanois
Find The River - REM
Desire - Talk Talk
Close to the Edge - Yes (already posted)
South Side of the Sky - Yes
Cirrus Minor - Pink Floyd
Grantchester Meadows - Pink Floyd
Fat Old Sun - Pink Floyd

I like oldies:

Blue River
Up a Lazy River
Riverboat Shuffle
Mississippi Mud
Moon River
Swanee River

river - joni mitchell

It’s coming on christmas
They’re cutting down trees
They’re putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
But it don’t snow here
It stays pretty green
I’m going to make a lot of money
Then I’m going to quit this crazy scene
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby cry

He tried hard to help me
You know, he put me at ease
And he loved me so naughty
Made me weak in the knees
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I’m so hard to handle
I’m selfish and I’m sad
Now I’ve gone and lost the best baby
That I ever had
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I made my baby say goodbye

It’s coming on christmas
They’re cutting down trees
They’re putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on

from blue

Standells - Dirty Water ("river" in lyrics)
Pat Boone - Moody River

:PO:

Styx - Boat on the River
Olivia Newton-John - The River's Too Wide
Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River
America - Don't Cross the River
Idle Eyes - Two Rivers
Roger Whittaker - River Lady
Christie - Yellow River
Willie Nelson - Whiskey River
Canned Heat - One More River to Cross

Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop
Good Charlotte - Mountain
Tracy Chapman - Mountain O' Things
Marvin Gaye - Aint No Mountain High Enough

Grateful Dead - Black Muddy River