[Verse 1]
My daddy taught me how to work the field
While Jackson's girl learned fishing rod and reel
Two families on opposite river banks
Never shared a word, just cold stares and ranks
Our granddads fought about the water rights
Left us nothing but their stubborn spite

[Chorus]
There's a river that starts in the heart of "I"
(Flows into the word "us")
Common sense to sense of the commons
Trust the river of us
Trust the river of us

[Verse 2]
Then came trucks and men in business suits
Talking dams and power, money and roots
Said they'd buy us out, make the valley dry
Jackson's girl stood up, and so did I
Found ourselves at the same town hall
Fighting for the same waterfall

[Chorus]
There's a river that starts in the heart of "I"
(Flows into the word "us")
Common sense to sense of the commons
Trust the river of us
Trust the river of us

[Solo - Fiddle]

[Bridge]
[Stomping rhythm starts]
(Mmm... mmm... mmm...)
(We stand together, we won't back down)
(The water joins us, common ground)

[Verse 3]
Now we plant and fish the river's way
Share our harvest at the end of day
My child plays with Jackson's youngest son
By the water where two paths become one
The river teaches what the feuds forgot:
We're all downstream of the same sweet spot

[Chorus]
There's a river that starts in the heart of "I"
(Flows into the word "us")
Common sense to sense of the commons
Trust the river of us
Trust the river of us

Born to Fly

Sara Evans