[ti:River of Gold] [ar:Stephen Stills/Judy Collins] [al:Everybody Knows] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]River of Gold - Stephen Stills/Judy Collins [00:05.24]Lyrics by:Judy Collins [00:10.49]Composed by:Judy Collins [00:15.74]There was nothing back here in the old days [00:19.76]Nothing but a river of gold [00:23.23]There was nothing blocking out the sky [00:27.23]Nothing to be bought or sold [00:30.47]There were lakes of rainbows and cutthroats [00:34.09]You could walk for miles in the snow [00:38.12]Didn't know a thing about the climate [00:41.44]Watched the seasons come and go [00:45.34]There was always the sound of the night wind [00:49.17]Blowing through the old pine trees [00:52.83]The melody of birds in the willows [00:56.60]Flying so high and free [01:00.32]The silver moon on the lake at midnight [01:03.92]Looking back at me from the sky [01:07.42]And the walks we took in the summer [01:10.82]Till the light of the sun would die [01:14.52]I always dreamed of making us a home here [01:18.38]Now they've gone and done their very best [01:22.47]Cleared out the trees and the Queen Anne's lace [01:25.90]And the birds with their feathered nests [01:29.65]They've taken all the magic from the meadows [01:33.26]They plowed them up and threw away the green [01:37.17]Rough rock and stone and clear cut [01:40.48]Now they've gone ahead and dammed the stream [01:44.56]Forever I will think of the old days [01:48.18]The river that was made of gold [01:51.74]In winter and spring and summer [01:55.52]My memories will never grow old [01:58.87]I always dreamed of making us a home here [02:02.65]Now they've gone and done their very best [02:06.77]Cleared out the trees and the Queen Anne's lace [02:10.18]And the birds with their feathered nests [02:42.64]I always dreamed of making us a home here [02:47.02]Now they've gone and done their very best [02:51.16]Cleared out the trees and the Queen Anne's lace [02:54.52]And the birds with their feathered nests [02:59.87]There was nothing back here in the old days [03:04.02]Nothing but a river of gold [03:07.68]Nothing out here in the old days [03:11.36]Nothing but a river of gold