Noel Gourdin The River Lyrics Download Listen MP3 MySpace Pageby Paula Neal Mooney

I’ve read enough crazy interpretations of Noel Gourdin’s The River lyrics that tonight it was time to listen and listen and listen to The River in my headphones and write them down myself.



Download the Mp3 of The River by Noel Gourdin

I even downloaded an MP3 of The River, which is now available.

Four songs from Noel Gourdin’s The River CD (when will that be available for sale?) are available to listen to online both here and here on Noel Gourdin’s MySpace page.



Healing water, flow over my soul…

So anyway, having “The River” playing over and over again in my ear feels strangely healing.

I know lots of folks will be drawn to him because of the heavy Christian influence, but the Pharisee-like ones will recoil (as part of me did in finger-wagging holier-than-thouness) at some of his other lyrics in other songs.

But I’m happy Noel Gourdin — with his Maxwell-ish falsetto — is going to blow up bigger than Beyonce’s Irreplaceable.

I hope he’ll draw some young thugged-out souls to Christ.



The River lyrics as I heard them over and over and over again:

(Scratchy old record playing)

Mmmmmmm
La la la la la la la la la
All right
La la la la la la la la la

Growing up
It was tough
We were glad for what little we had

This is the Mississippi rebel flagI saw my share of old fair Mississippi
Dirt roads and Confederate flags

Every day my father would tell me:
“Son, run and don’t never come back”
That’s where I left my girl
That’s where my heart is at

And oh…

First chorus:
I held my breath when they dipped my head
Then I came up shiny and new (laid down my burdens…)
Found out about love in the back of my Impala
Where they laid my grandfather, too

Down by the river
Where black folks gather after Sunday service is thru
How the river runs to the ocean
I’ll be running right back to you

I got along
I’m movin’ on
I bandaged the scars up well
I think of her then I sit and I wait
For a card or a letter in the mail

I walk the beach
With the sand in my feet
Place my ear up to a shell

I wonder if you miss me, too?
‘Cause I been longin’ to get to you

I’m sick of staring out my window sill
I’m tired of hoping she remembers me still
I’m packing my bags, I said “I’m going back home,
to the place where I belong…”

The river…

And if she’s there when I get there
I’m never gonna leave her again
You see, she stole my heart
Down by the river

Believe in Christ alone, repent and be ye baptized today!Second chorus:
I held my breath when they dipped my head
Then I came up shiny and new (Hallelujah!)
Found out about love in the back of my Impala
(Back seat of my ‘64 baby)
Where they laid my grandfather, too

Down by the river
Where black folks gather after Sunday service is thru
How the river runs to the ocean
I’ll be running right back to you

So I’m packing up my suitcase
Bought me a one-way fare
I’m leaving everything behind me
But in my heart I’ll always care

And I’ll still be right there…(Female voice)

Thank you, baby
‘Cause nothin’ can replace that part of my life

And oh…

This is not Noel Gourdin's '64 Impala!Third chorus:
I held my breath when they dipped my head
Then I came up shiny and new (I came out a new man…)
Found out about love in the back of my Impala
Where they laid my grandfather, too

Down by the river
Where black folks gather after Sunday service is thru
How the river runs to the ocean
I’ll be running right back to you

Original August 1, 2007 article:

I first heard The River by Noel Gourdin day before yesterday.

So taken aback was I by the meaningful lyrics of Noel Gourdin’s The River…

I held my breath when they dipped my head
Then I came up shiny and new (Hallelujah!)

…that I — praise the Lord — figured out how to create this, the Noel Gourdin Official Fan Site.

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