Jud Sharp
Telling Stories in Words and Pictures and Song
By the River Side
He walked his house down to the river
Just to take a dive
And when the swimmin’ was over
He climbed on a rock and crawled inside
She knows the way to walk on water
Like it’s a country road
Just spread her skinny legs over
Perched on top of her tiny toes
Who knows all the wonders we perform
As we live each day
We’re a miracle surrounded by miracles
There’s nothing to say, it’s really just that way
He spent his life stuck on the bottom
With the surface so high
Then he turned himself like a Transformer
To make his home in the sky
His cousin clung to the branches
By the riverside
Until she uncovered her nature
Stretched out her wings and started to fly
Just watch the wonders around us
Each and every day
We’re a miracle surrounded by miracles
What can I say, it’s really that way
Did you see people come to the river
In the summertime
They are one of the wonders of nature
And they don’t even try
We are all the wonder of wonders
By the river side