The Cool, Cool River Lyrics

The song The Cool, Cool River is performed by Paul Simon in the album named Concert in the Park in the year 1991 .



Moves like a fist through the traffic
Anger and no one can heal it
Shoves a little bump into the momentum
It's just a little lump
But you feel it
In the creases and the shadows
With a rattling deep emotion
The cool, cool river
Sweeps the wild, white ocean

Yes boss. the government handshake
Yes boss. the crusher of language
Yes boss. mr. stillwater,
The face at the edge of the banquet
The cool, the cool river
The cool, the cool river

I believe in the future
I may live in my car
My radio tuned to
The voice of a star
Song dogs barking at the break of dawn
Lightning pushes the edge of a thunderstorm
And these old hopes and fears
Still at my side

Anger and no one can heal it
Slides through the metal detector
Lives like a mole in a motel
A slide in a slide projector
The cool, cool river
Sweeps the wild, white ocean
The rage of love turns inward
To prayers of devotion
And these prayers are
The constant road across the wilderness
These prayers are
These prayers are the memory of god
The memory of god

And I believe in the future
We shall suffer no more
Maybe not in my lifetime
But in yours I feel sure
Song dogs barking at the break of dawn
Lightning pushes the edges of a thunderstorm
And these streets
Quiet as a sleeping army
Send their battered dreams to heaven, to heaven
For the mother's restless son
Who is a witness to, who is a warrior
Who denies his urge to break and run


Who says: hard times?
I'm used to them
The speeding planet burns
I'm used to that
My life's so common it disappears
And sometimes even music
Cannot substitute for tears



Paul Simon - Concert in the Park

Nov 1991

  1. The Obvious Child (Live Version)
  2. The Boy In The Bubble (Live Version)
  3. She Moves On (Live Version)
  4. Kodachrome (Live Version)
  5. Born At The Right Time [Live]
  6. Train In The Distance (Live Version)
  7. Me And Julio Down By The School Yard (Live Version)
  8. I Know What I Know (Live Version)
  9. The Cool, Cool River [Live]
  10. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Live Version)
  11. Proof (Live Version)
  12. The Coast (Live Version)
  13. Graceland (Live Version)
  14. You Can Call Me Al (Live Version)
  15. Still Crazy After All These Years (Live Version)
  16. Loves Me Like A Rock (Live Version)
  17. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (Live Version)
  18. Hearts And Bones (Live Version)
  19. Late In The Evening (Live Version)
  20. America (Live Version)
  21. The Boxer (Live Version)
  22. Cecilia (Live Version)
  23. The Sound Of Silence [Live]

The Cool, Cool River