THERE IS A RIVER

There is a river runs through you
Whose water is love
Whose banks are the shores of your mind
And the name of the river is life

The water is yours, freely given
If you let it freely pass
But if you dam the river,
Slow the flow,
Expand the banks,
And make yourself a lake
For men to wonder at,

Be certain to make spillways
(Wide and generous)
And see that they’re kept clean
Otherwise, the river swells
And bursts the dam
And your private lake becomes
A sea of public mud

Without your help or with it
Life will flow,
The river will run.

FOREVER SEVENTH LOVED TIME

I’d like to live in sunshine
Beside tall and rocky mountains
Where the air is clean and biting
And smells of strength and pine trees.
I would like to know forever
The feel of freezing free streams,
To know the strong true seasons
Where snow is hard and sun is close forever.

And I’d like to see the green below
Up here where I can feel and sing
As deep and loud or soft and low
Where I can run and laugh and cry
Among the clouds that always fly
In storms or in clear weather
For there is where I’d take my love
So it could be completely fine forever.

I’d share my love of brightness
And my heart among the rocks and pines
I’d sing for him a love song
Of life and all its splendor.

There Is A River
Words: Michael Hanks
Music: Ernie Mansfield
© Windsailor Music (BMI)

Forever Seventh Loved Time
Words: Kathi Bennett
Music: James Cuomo
© Pigeon Music
This sound recording © 2022 Windsailor Music
ISRC number: QZ-T7X-22-00002