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Added 2026-08-05 · Last edited 2026-08-05

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[Verse 1] (00:16-00:44)
Tried to keep you close to me
But life got in between
Tried to square not being there
But think that I should have been

[Chorus 1] (00:45-01:00)
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river, so I
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold back

[Verse 2] (01:02-01:30)
Once upon a different life
We rode our bikes into the sky
But now we crawl against the tide
Those distant days are flashing by

[Chorus 2] (01:32-01:46)
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river, so I
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, hold back

[Chorus 1] (01:46-02:00)
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river, so I
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold back

[Oh oh oh] (02:00-02:13)
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

[Bridge] (02:18-02:44)
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander?
Let us hold each other
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander?
Let us hold each other

[Chorus 2] (02:44-02:57)
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river, so I
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, hold back

[Chorus 2] (02:58-03:12)
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river, so I
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, hold

[Bridge] (03:12-03:43)
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander?
Let us hold each other
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander?
Let us hold each other

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