Holliston Bridge

At Holliston Bridge

The river runs wild

Four days, four nights the rains come down

The river runs wild

At Holliston Bridge

I shiver under cold steel skies

This bridge, she’s gonna go, she’s gonna go

I shiver under cold steel skies

My brother’s bagging sand down to the courthouse

My sister’s on the line up to the dam

They’ll give their precious lives to save this valley

Will I give mine?

Will I give mine just standing where I am?

And no one else can save my life

No one else can take these steps

To get me to the other side

I’m standing, staring at angry waters

Sharing in the blackness

And the devil wants to take me for a ride

At Holliston Bridge

Another time

At Holliston Bridge

New and wide

At Holliston Bridge

An old man casts a line

Tosses up a knowing smile

But he’s no friend of mine

My brother’s on a plaque down to the courthouse

My sister’s body’s halfway to the sea

They gave their precious lives to save this valley

I held my own

I held my own and saw what it could be

When no one else could save my life

No one else could take those steps

To get me to the other side

When I was standing, staring at angry waters

Sharing in the blackness

And the devil tried to take me for a ride

Sharing in the blackness

And the devil tried to take me for a ride

Devil tried to take me for a ride

But he’s no friend of mine