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Blood Red River Lyrics

Took a friend I found across some blood red river
Never did find my way home in time to forgive her
Why must people always want what they can't have?
Why must people always grab what they'd never grasp?

How did we get so far?
How do we move so fast away
From the lilac-lilied lake
I'm sure we used to stay?
Is it only a dream away?

Took a raft I found across some blood red river
Never did find my way home in time for my dinner
Why must people always want what they never have?
Why is it a crime to miss a part of you that's bled?

How did we get so far?
How do we move so fast away
From the lilac-lilied lake?
I'm sure we used to stay
Is it only a dream away?
Only a dream away, away

Lost a friend I found down some blood red river
Never did find my way home in time to forget her
Why must people always want what they can't have?
Why must people always take but forget to ask?

How do we get so far?
How do we move so fast away
From the lilac-lilied lake
Where I'm told we used to play
Is it only a dream away?
Only a dream, only a dream away, away
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Cover art for Blood Red River lyrics by Beth Orton

Lost frienship due to greed /drifting apart.

Cover art for Blood Red River lyrics by Beth Orton

"nicole" must be deaf. Here are the correct lyrics (which I also submitted as an edit, but those never seem to get approved). I don't know why it says it was edited by sharkycharming because none of my edits have showed up above.

Took a friend I found across some blood red river Never did find my way home in time to forgive her Why must people always want what they can't have? Why must people always grab what they'd never grasp?

How did we get so far? How do we move so fast away From the lilac-lilied lake I'm sure we used to stay? Is it only a dream away?

Took a raft I found across some blood red river Never did find my way home in time for my dinner Why must people always want what they never have? Why is it a crime to miss a part of you that's bled?

How did we get so far? How do we move so fast away From the lilac-lilied lake? I'm sure we used to stay Is it only a dream away? Only a dream away, away

Lost a friend I found down some blood red river Never did find my way home in time to forget her Why must people always want what they can't have? Why must people always take but forget to ask?

How do we get so far? How do we move so fast away From the lilac-lilied lake Where I'm told we used to play Is it only a dream away? Only a dream, only a dream away, away

 
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