"Drift" lyrics - DAVID WILCOX

On the Mississippi River
Where I woke up from my dreams
On the boat where we lay sleeping
As the moonlight shone downstream
There's a symphony of silence - in this flow
There's a hush upon the breeze - that whispers

We need not force this drift along this river
See how it knows the way
Each lonely drop of rain will be delivered
To the sea someday

How I wish you would awaken
'Cause this moonlight's made for two
But you startle when you're shaken
So you sleep right through this view
Past the music on the shoreline - deep and low
Like the way I ache for you - that whispers

The World is aching with frustration
All the tragedies we know
The injustice of our nation
And how far we have to go
Change is daunted by the distance, long and slow
But it can't resist the flow - that whispers