Artist: Michael Martin Murphey Writer: Michael Martin Murphey Key: B YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvJ3iH17mrI 1 1 4 1 There's a lost river that flows in a valley where no one goes 5 4 5 1 Where the wild waters rush from those deep in the hush 1 1 4 1 Though I'm far from there now, lord I'll be back somehow 5 4 5 1 1 To where the lost river winds in the shadow of the pines 1 1 4 1 Oh lost river now I'm comin' back 5 4 5 1 To the pot-bellied stove, where the firewood's all stacked 1 1 4 1 Ah, Quebec girl go with me, ah my belle de fleur-de-lis 5 4 5 1 3b 4 1 Where the lost river winds in the shadow of the pines Now everybody knows where that lost river flows It's some place he's lost behind the bridges that he's crossed And he'd like to return but the bridges are all burned And he's much too far down to return to higher ground Oh lost river now I'm comin' back To the pot-bellied stove, where the firewood's all stacked Ah, Quebec girl go with me, ah my belle de fleur-de-lis Where the lost river winds in the shadow of the pines Oh lost river far over the ridge Now is it too late for me to build me a new bridge To the bright golden time when her love was still mine And the world was still wild like the heart of a child Oh lost river now I'm comin' back To the pot-bellied stove, where the firewood's all stacked Ah, Quebec girl go with me, ah my belle de fleur-de-lis Where the lost river winds in the shadow of the pines
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