Cuyahoga Lyrics
(Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe)
Let's put our heads together and start a new country up
Our father's father's father tried, erased the parts he didn't like
Let's try to fill it in, bank the quarry river, swim
We knee-skinned it you and me, we knee-skinned that river red
(chorus 1)
This is where we walked, this is where we swam
Take a picture here, take a souvenir
This land is the land of ours, this river runs red over it
We knee-skinned it you and me, we knee-skinned that river red
And we gathered up our friends, bank the quarry river, swim
We knee-skinned it you and me, underneath the river bed
(repeat chorus 1)
(chorus 2)
Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga, gone
Let's put our heads together, start a new country up,
Underneath the river bed we burned the river down
This is where they walked, swam, hunted, danced and sang,
Take a picture here, take a souvenir
Repeat chorus 2)
Rewrite the book and rule the pages, saving face, secured in faith
Bury, burn the waste behind you
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This land is the land of ours, this river runs red over it
We are not your allies, we can not defend
(repeat chorus 1)
(repeat chorus 2 2x)
