Rivers Frank Turner

[Instrumental]

[Verse 1]
Our history runs down our rivers
Down our rivers to the sea
Reminds us of the things that matter
Home and heart and history
And all our sins will be forgiven
Washed away to set us free
By the rivers that run through our homesteads
By myth and modal melody

[Chorus]
I traced these rivers from the cities to the sea
To remind me of what I already know
I traced the shorelines through a thousand estuaries
To remind me an island is my home
An island is my home

[Verse 2]
I've travelled far across this country
Northumberland to Southern Downs
I wandered up the rolling Humber
And down the Thames to London town
And countless lives were lived and lingered
In the Cotswolds and the Fells
I left a tapestry called England
Of life and those who lived it well