I walked down that boulder road;
Through a child's eye saw places where I used to go,
Where I crawled barefoot with a fishing pole
To the rock that overlooked that steelhead hole,
But it's true--silver river turning blue.

It was a small town, in a smaller world.
Just a black dot on an old map with its edges curled.
Where they built their industries on the edge of town,
Leaching chemicals from underground.
Now it's true--that silver river turning blue.

Just got a late reaction, face reality and stare it down.
Sometimes it's harder hanging on, much easier to look around.
But I need that job.

Well, this place no city; we're just small players here,
Like a million other heroes drinking poor man's beer.
We know what's right; we're just living it wrong,
But there's no easy answer in the green man's song.
What do you do when your river's turning blue?

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