MARY-ENG-CELTIC-02E The River Keeps No Crown

[Intro] the river keeps no crown and asks no praise yet all the fields remember where it goes [Verse 1] It passes mills and ruined towers it carries moonlight, leaves, and hours it does not hurry, it does not kneel it teaches stone how time can heal [Pre-Chorus] I gave my pride to the running ground and heard a deeper singing sound [Chorus] River, river, carry me plainly carry me low where the wild reeds lean I have been proud, I have been lonely make my heart wide, make my sorrow clean [Instrumental Interlude] [Verse 2] No crown of gold, no trumpet bright only the patient work of light I watched my old ambitions fade like broken clouds in a willow shade [Bridge] Let me be water, let me be true let me pass gently through [Final Chorus] River, river, carry me plainly carry me low where the wild reeds lean I have been proud, I have been lonely make my heart wide, make my sorrow clean [Outro] the river keeps no crown and asks no praise