Run Run River – English Lyrics

• By: Stick Figure, DJKryos

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the rhythmic and lyrical beauty of “Run Run River” to improve your English vocabulary related to nature and movement. This song is perfect for language learners who enjoy a slow, melodic tempo that makes lyrical enunciation clear and easy to follow.

[English]

Run, run, river, carry me home to the ocean

The river and the road, take me home to the ocean

The friends in my life like stars in the sky, leave the lights on

I'm tryin' to get back home, the river keeps on flowing to the ocean

The angels above me, they sing that they love me, oh Lord

I'm traveling alone, so far from home and love

Oh no, angels, angels, please don't leave

I'm tryin' to get to her with the love she deserves, Lord, please

I've been playing my guitar, laying underneath the stars for you

In the light of the moon, I'll be forever singing tunes for you

When the stars are aligned like the colors in your eyes, greens and blues

It's not when or whether, we'll always be together, it's true

And the angels above me, they sing that they love me, oh Lord

I'm traveling alone, so far from home and love

Oh no, angels, angels, please don't leave

I'm tryin' to get to her with the love she deserves, Lord, please

...

And sometimes I feel like my heart's gonna burst at the seams

And sometimes I think it's just love that we want or we need

And sometimes I feel like I'm living too much in my dreams

And sometimes, oh Lord, let me be, let me be, oh

Are you feeling like I'm feeling? Searching for the meaning of it all

I spend all my days tryin' to make some sense of it all

The ocean and the seas and the windblown trees are changing

And your love for me is all I need to keep believing

And the angels above me, they sing that they love me, oh Lord

I'm traveling alone, so far from home and love

Oh no, angels, angels, please don't leave

I'm tryin' to get to her with the love she deserves, Lord, please

Oh, please

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
river /ˈrɪvər/ A1	noun - A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
ocean /ˈoʊʃən/ A2	noun - A very large expanse of sea.
traveling /ˈtrævəlɪŋ/ A1	verb - To make a journey, typically of some length.
angels /ˈeɪndʒəlz/ B2	noun - Spiritual beings believed to act as attendants or messengers of God.
deserves /dɪˈzɜːrvz/ B1	verb - To do something or have or show qualities worthy of reward or punishment.
guitar /ɡɪˈtɑːr/ A1	noun - A stringed musical instrument with a fretted fingerboard.
aligned /əˈlaɪnd/ B2	adjective - Placed or arranged in a straight line or in proper relative positions.
forever /fərˈɛvər/ A2	adjective - For all future time; for always.
burst /bɜːrst/ B2	verb - To break open or apart suddenly.
seams /siːmz/ C1	noun - A line where two pieces of fabric are sewn together.
dreams /driːmz/ A1	noun - A series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
searching /ˈsɜːrtʃɪŋ/ A2	verb - To look thoroughly in order to find something.
meaning /ˈmiːnɪŋ/ A2	noun - What is meant by a word, text, concept, or action.
windblown /ˈwɪndˌbloʊn/ C1	adjective - Carried or shaped by the wind.
believing /bɪˈliːvɪŋ/ A2	verb - To accept that something is true; feel sure of the truth.

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm tryin' to get back home, the river keeps on flowing to the ocean

  ➔ Verb + Gerund (keep + -ing)

  ➔ Using "keeps on flowing" indicates a continuous, ongoing action that does not stop.

• I've been playing my guitar, laying underneath the stars for you

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ "I've been playing" emphasizes that the action started in the past and is still relevant or continuing now.

• When the stars are aligned like the colors in your eyes

  ➔ Passive Voice (Adjective phrase)

  ➔ "Are aligned" uses the passive voice to describe the state or condition of the stars.

• It's not when or whether, we'll always be together

  ➔ Future Simple (Prediction/Certainty)

  ➔ "We'll always be" expresses a future state of certainty or a promise regarding the relationship.

• And sometimes I feel like my heart's gonna burst

  ➔ Informal Future (Going to / Gonna)

  ➔ "Gonna" is a contraction of "going to," commonly used in casual, spoken English to express intention or prediction.

• Are you feeling like I'm feeling?

  ➔ Present Continuous (Question form)

  ➔ "Are you feeling" is used to inquire about the current, ongoing emotional state of the listener.

• I spend all my days tryin' to make some sense of it all

  ➔ Verb + Time expression + Gerund (spend + time + -ing)

  ➔ The structure "spend + [time] + -ing" denotes how someone utilizes their time to perform a specific activity.

• And your love for me is all I need to keep believing

  ➔ Relative Clause (Ellipted 'that')

  ➔ "All (that) I need" uses an implicit relative pronoun to modify "all," which is common in English.