I've been walking by the river

I've been walking down by the water

I've been walking down by the river

I've been feeling so sad and blue

I've been thinking, I've been thinking, I've been thinking,

I've been thinking, I've been thinking, I've been thinking,

Ah there's so much suffering, and it's

Too much confusion, too much, too much confusion in the world



Take me back, take me back, take me back

Take me way back, take me way back, take me way back

Take me way back, take me way back, take me way back

Take me way back, take me way back, ah!

Take me way, way, way, way, way, way, way back, huh!

Help me un.....help me understand

Take me, do you remember the time darlin'

When everything made more sense in the world (yeah)

Oh I remember, I remember

When life made more sense

Ah, ah, take me back, take me back, take me back, take me back

Take me back, take me back, take me back, take me back

Take me back (woah) to when the world made more sense

Well there's too much suffering and confusion

And I'm walking down by the river

Oh, let me understand religion



Way, way back, way back

When you walked, in a green field, in a green meadow

Down an avenue of trees

On a, on a golden summer

And the sky was blue

And you didn't have no worries, you didn't have no care

You were walking in a green field

In a meadow, through the buttercups, in the summertime

And you looked way out over, way out

Way out over the city and the water

And it feels so good, and it feels so good

And you keep on walking



And the music on the radio, and the music on the radio

Has so much soul, has so much soul

And you listen, in the nightime

While we're still and quiet



And you look out on the water

And the big ships, and the big boats

Came on sailing by, by, by, by

And you felt so good, and I felt so good

I felt I wanna blow my harmonica



Take me back, there, take me way back there

Take me back, take me back, take me back

Take me way, way, way back, way back

To when, when I understood

When I understood the light, when I understood the light

In the golden afternoon, in the golden afternoon

In the golden afternoon, in the golden afternoon

In the golden afternoon when we sat and listened to Sonny Boy blow



In the golden afternoon when

We sat and let Sonny Boy, blow, blow his harp



Take me back, take me back, take me back

Take me way, way, way, way, way, way, way

Back when I, when I understood, when I understood, yeah

Oh, ah, take me way back, when, when, when, when, when, when

When, when, when, when, when, when, when

I was walking down the

Walking down the street and

It didn't matter

'Cause everything felt, everything felt, everything felt

Everything felt, everything felt, everything felt, everything felt

Everything felt, everything felt, everything felt so right, ha

And so good

Everything felt, so right, and so good

Everything felt, so right, and so good

Everything felt, so right, and so good, ah

Everything felt, so right, and so good

Everything felt, so right, and so good, so good

In the eternal now, in the eternal moment

In the eternal now, in the eternal moment

In the eternal now

Everything felt so good, so good, so good, so good, so good

And so right, so right, so right, just

So good, so right, so right, in the eternal

In the eternal moment, in the eternal moment

In the eternal moment, in the eternal moment

When you lived, when you lived

When you lived, in the light

When you lived in the grace

In the grace, in grace

When you lived in the light

In the light, in the grace

And the blessing