The Hudson-Dar Williams

[ti:The Hudson] [ar:Dar Williams] [al:My Better Self] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Hudson - Dar Williams [00:05.72]If we're lucky [00:06.56] [00:07.55]We feel our lives know [00:09.57]When the next scene arrives [00:11.74]So often we start in the middle [00:14.01]And work our way out [00:15.20] [00:16.91]We go to some gray sky diner [00:18.86]For eggs and toast [00:20.33]New York Times or the New York Post [00:23.16]Then we take a ride through [00:24.89]The valley of the shadow of death [00:26.72] [00:28.41]But even for us New Yorkers [00:34.83] [00:35.86]There's a time in every day [00:37.69] [00:41.91]The river takes our breath away [00:45.18] [00:45.76]And the Hudson [00:48.60] [00:51.18]It holds the life [00:52.21] [00:55.23]We thought we did it on our own [00:59.72] [01:03.30]The river roads collect the tolls [01:05.33] [01:05.98]For the passage of our souls [01:08.73]Through silence [01:09.93]Over woods [01:10.92]Through flowers and snow [01:12.75] [01:14.28]And past the George Washington Bridge [01:17.36]Down from the trails of Breakneck Ridge [01:20.29]The river's ancient path [01:21.81] [01:22.44]Is sacred and slow [01:24.16] [01:25.64]And as it swings through Harlem [01:32.14] [01:33.28]It's every shade of blue [01:34.93] [01:38.36]Into the city of the new brand new [01:42.09] [01:42.77]And the Hudson yeah [01:47.13] [01:48.30]It holds the life [01:49.43] [01:52.46]We thought we did it on our own [01:56.71] [01:59.82]I thought I had no sense of place or past [02:06.85]Time was too slow [02:09.44]But then too fast [02:12.10] [02:13.01]The river takes us home at last [02:19.62] [02:26.39]Where and when [02:27.46]Does the memory take hold [02:28.88] [02:29.52]Mountain range in the Autumn cold [02:31.56]And I thought West Point [02:33.12]Was Camelot in the spring [02:35.08] [02:37.09]If you're lucky you'll find something [02:39.25]That reflects you [02:40.08] [02:40.68]Helps you feel your life protects you [02:43.38]Cradles you [02:44.03]And connects you to everything [02:46.49] [02:48.53]This whole life I remember [02:54.73] [02:55.85]As they begged them to itself [02:57.80] [03:01.44]Never turn me into someone else [03:05.78]And the Hudson yeah [03:10.32] [03:11.18]It holds the life [03:12.26] [03:15.33]We thought we did it on our own [03:19.57] [03:22.94]And the Hudson yeah [03:28.34]Holds the life [03:29.41] [03:32.53]We thought we did it on our own