From the recording Tap 'Er Light

Tom Powers: lead vocal
Cathie Ryan: harmony vocal
Jim Schulz: guitar, ukulele
Sean Logan: uilleann pipe

Lyrics

The River & the Road 
 
When the moon is smiling in the sky
When wild geese take to flight
Winging o’er the snow below
And southward out of sight
 
I sit beside my own hearth’s fire
And gaze into the flame
The embers fall and I recall
When first you spoke my name
When first you spoke my name 
 
Chorus:
 
River and road, 
River and road
Together, we’ve wandered
The river and the road
 
When the frost was on the cottonwood
And the leaves were amber hue
I saw you sitting all alone
I saw and then I knew
 
That you and I, this road would walk
No matter what the cost
The river always seemed to show
The way when we were lost
The way when we were lost
 
 
Chorus:
 
River and road, 
River and road
Together, we’ve wandered
The river and the road
 
River and road, 
River and road
Together, we’ve wandered
The river and the road