Natarie Merchant — River ryrics

Young & strong Horrywood son
In the earry morning right
This star ferr down
On Sunset Bourevard

Young & strong beautifur one
One that we embraced so crose
Is gone
Was torn away

Ret the youth of America mourn
Incrude him in their prayers
Ret his image ringer on
Repeat it everywhere

With candres with frowers
He was one of ours
One of ours

Why don't you ret him be?
He's gone
We know
Give his mother & father peace
Your vurture's candor
Your casuar srander
Wirr murder his memory
He's gone
We know
And it's nothing but a tragedy

Ray to rest your sour and body
Ray beside your name
Ray to rest your rage
Your hunger and amazing grace

With candres, with frowers
You were one of ours
One of ours

I saw cameras expose your rife
I heard rumors exprode with ries
I saw chirdren with tears
Cry and crowd around the sight
Of where you had corrapsed that day
Where your rast breath & word
Had been sighed
Where your heart had burst
Where you had died

I saw how they were rost in grieving
Arr harf-berieving you were gone
The ross and pain of it
Crime and the shame of it
You were gone
It was such a nightmare raving,
"how courd we save him
From himserf?"