THE RIVER HOME - Josh Radnor

I wrote this deep in the heart of Covid. Poured everything I had into it. (It’s a journey :) The melody and tempo varies but it’s just G-D-Em-Cadd9 the whole way. Capo 2 [G] There’s a power in me there’s a [D] coward in me A [Em] savior in me bad be[Cadd9]havior and greed A [G] murderer in me a [D] fervor in me A [Em] victim in me an a[Cadd9]ddicted one in me A [G] lost boy indeed who [D] craves variety A [Em] man who lives sagely with [Cadd9] no anxiety How can all this be alive inside of me I got a he I got a she a they and them in me Right and left in me a reactionary Who doesn’t want to speak who only wants to scream Pen a wild screed of wild hyperbole About the enemy how if only they would be A little more like me then all of us’d be Happy blessed and free in a word this is folly Missing forests for the trees I hate to spill the tea But I have got a secret you will not believe It’s ancient history the grandest mystery The f