Bovey don't change

Verse 1

The river slides slow past the mill

Old Mr Hayward sits on the wall

He says Bovey don't change much at all

Same water same stones same hill

Pre-Chorus

My boots are soaked through

My heart's halfway gone

I count every bend

From dusk until dawn

Chorus

River runs through Bovey

River knows my name

River runs through Bovey

It carries me the same

Post-Chorus

Roll on roll on

Roll on roll on

Verse 2

I carved her initials in the bridge rail

Somebody painted over them twice

The dogwood's gone red

The heron don't call

And the bank's gone quiet and pale

Pre-Chorus

I skip every stone

I lose every one

I say I'm fine

I'm not nearly done

Chorus

River runs through Bovey

River knows my name

River runs through Bovey

It carries me the same

Post-Chorus

Roll on roll on

Roll on roll on

Bridge

Small town holds small griefs

Small stream feeds the sea

I told her I would stay

I told her I would leave

Chorus

River runs through Bovey

River knows my name

River runs through Bovey

It carries me the same

Post-Chorus

Roll on roll on

Roll on roll on