The River of Fortune

I sat by the buckets of sand all around

Brought up from the river

Placed on the bank

I was waiting with my buckets of sand all around

Waiting to build a new temple in thanks

Well it was only a river

A river of fortune

It was only a river to me

It was only a river,

Just a river of fortune

And I followed the river

That flowed into the sea

Well I walked up the mountains

To find its old source and

I searched for the gold at the end of the rainbow

And I followed the river, the river of fortune

I followed the river that flowed

Into the sea

Well I cleared all the tables

Threw white and sable

Flags over the things that were never meant to be

And the river took them all

All my possessions

And they carried them out and into the sea

It was only a river, a river of fortune

Only a river to me

It was only a river, just a small river

But I followed the river down into the sea

Well I fished on its banks

And cried and gave thanks

And it answered my prayers sometimes

And it gave back in barrels

When I sang of its carols

Oh the river of fortune

For the bold and the free

It was only a river, a river of fortune

Only a river to me

Only a river, just a small river

And I followed the river that went down to the sea