Wise River by Kitchen Dwellers Lyrics

I am the shaker
You're my hammer in the frost
Well won't you sing of rivers now
The ones I'll never cross
And if I sing along
Will that river make me wise?
Try to take along your fellow man
And see it through his eyes

There's buck skin highway headed north
The choice is east or west
That lonely river town
Where the bar-fly knows you best
I'll never know
Why we came to Wise River
Where the snow can fall like cannonballs
And that lonesome wind blows bitter

Now if you're weary
They don't mind you passing through
Those seats are for the cowboys there
They ain't for me or you
It was the wrath of a man
Near one-hundered years ago
Can't you hear the call of miners wail
In the hell they dug below
Now one thing marks for reason
And the other's on my mind
That one thing lasts forever
That's the darkness in their eyes
I'll never know
Why we came to Wise River
The snow can fall like cannonballs
And that lonesome wind blows bitter

Something colder is growing me older than she
She could share this, an heiress of copper and wheat
If they forgive their folly in the fields
We may find her there asleep

Well they lost it all
One shot at fortune's fame
Only the rivers are left for digging boys
And they'll fly to jump your claim
It ain't the storms that blow
That'll make you dread the road
It's the distance that grows heavy now
Beneath the weight of snow

I'll always know
Why we came to Wise River
Where the snow can fall like cannonballs
And that lonesome wind blows bitter
I'll always know
Why we came to Wise River
Where the snow can fall like cannonballs
And that lonesome wind blows bitter
Where the snow can fall like cannonballs
And that lonesome wind blows bitter