Oxbow Orchard Next to the crooked river

Verse

Down in Valley View where the canal runs slow

I stop my truck where the orchard rows grow

There's a mound in the grass nobody tends

Older than the fences older than friends

Verse

The Cuyahoga bends like it's telling a tale

Of the ones who fished here and walked this trail

Before the white man before the road

Before any of us carried this load

Pre-Chorus

And I stand real still

Let the wind come through

I can almost hear

What the old ones knew

Chorus

Can you hear the drums a-drumming

Can you hear them call and come

Can you hear the drums a-drumming

From the valley to the sun

They dance the way the river runs

They dance the way the river runs

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh, oh-oh, dance the way the river runs

Oh-oh, oh-oh, from the valley to the sun

Verse

There's a little market cross the road from the trees

Corn in the crates and pumpkins by the leaves

A girl works the stand like she owns the day

Out-works the men and never turns away

Verse

She's kind to a stranger and quick with a smile

Takes the time to talk for a little while

Looks like an angel in a flannel shirt

Hands full of dirt but it never seems to hurt

Pre-Chorus

And I stand real still

Let the fiddle ring

I can almost hear

The old ones sing

Chorus

Can you hear the drums a-drumming

Can you hear them call and come

Can you hear the drums a-drumming

From the valley to the sun

They dance the way the river runs

They dance the way the river runs

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh, oh-oh, dance the way the river runs

Oh-oh, oh-oh, from the valley to the sun

Bridge

Once a month in the summer they bring out the band

Folks on the grass with a corn dog in hand

I look past the music across to the field

And wonder what the land remembers it will never yield

Chorus

Can you hear the drums a-drumming

Can you hear them call and come

Can you hear the drums a-drumming

From the valley to the sun

They dance the way the river runs

They dance the way the river runs

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh, oh-oh, dance the way the river runs

Oh-oh, oh-oh, from the valley to the sun