The River Won’t Flow Jason Robert Brown (Ft. Andréa Burns, Brooks Ashmanskas, Jessica Molaskey & Ty Taylor)

[MAN 2]
I left my home at fifteen
I wore this very same coat
My mama said, "Son, if you stay on the path
You'll find a river full of money where the rich fish float."

I said, "I'll catch me them fish!"
And I searched low and searched high
Well, I've seen more water than Columbus had seen
I found me this lake that was greener than green-
I said, "Mama, I know this is what you mean"
But when I bent for a sip, the river ran dry

Now the river won't flow for me, no no no
The river won't flow for me, no no no no
I live my life on the up and up
And this is where I was meant to be
But the river don't
The river won't flow for me

[MAN 1]
I never had me no house
I never had me no phone
I never had much that I didn't have to go
And fight for the right to call it my own