Life Is a River Lyrics

Since I was a baby
My daddy told me
Life is a circle without end

When I was a small boy
I thought of the old men
That they were wooden and dead

Give me back my childhood
The laughter and the dreams
Take away the hatred
And the suicide machines
Life is just a river
That flows endlessly
Mankind is a boatrace
Heading to the sea
Only some rise
Only few fall
And the least are drowning in the river

When I grew older
I sailed many oceans
Met many people, they all were the same

The most had a fire
That kept their eyes burning
Eternal youth and the wisdom of age

Give me back...

Now i'm an old man
I'm talking of rivers
Look into my eyes and see me burn

If infant, if adult,
We sit in one boat now
And our journey will not end

Give me back...