Life Is A River - Derek Ryan

As I went out walking, on a fine summer day

Through hills and the valleys, I soon lost my way

'Till I came to an old man, kneeling down by a stream

Gazing into the water, like he was lost in a dream

In his hand was a picture, he clung to for life

His eyes filled with tears, as he tried not to cry

He looked to the heaven’s and started to pray

In the quiet country silence, I could hear the man say

Life is a river, I’ll go with the flow

And where it will take me, the Lord only knows

I miss you sweetheart, your kindness and love

But I know one day, we’ll sail away on God’s ocean above

He said now young man, your a stranger to me

Could I bother you kindly, for your company

Today I am thinking, of a time long ago

And I need to tell someone, of a girl I loved so

It’s forty two years today, since Rose took my hand

And proudly I lived life, her husband her man

'Till only last week son, God took her away

As I kissed her softly, these words she did say

Life is a river, I’ll go with the flow

And where it will take me, the Lord only knows

I miss you sweetheart, your kindness and love

But I know one day, we’ll sail away on God’s ocean above

And with that the old man, sent me on my way

And sat by the water, I’ll kneel for the day

I look at the river, starting out on it’s life

It’s where I’ve been close to, my beautiful wife