Aesop Rock - By The River

LISTEN/BUY: VINYL/CD/MERCH: SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE: VIDEO CREDIT: Directed by Aesop Rock w/ help from Justin “Coro” Kaufman, Rebecca Cedeño, and Tanner Groehler SONG CREDITS: Written and produced by Aesop Rock LYRICS: I like rivers, I like rivers Sailboats, fisherman, skinny-dipping swimmers Kids turning rocks over catching lil critters Eagle in the pine tree eyeballing dinner My uncle used to cut school to hit the Susquehanna Kept himself a rod and reel he hid up in the bramble The school took attendance, it was quiet as a mouse He was at the river pulling out a giant by its mouth A river in the daylight is energy and life A river in the dark can be a genuine surprise You might find some lovers getting cozy on the shore Or a cold-blooded psychopath disposing of a corpse Sitting by the Hudson river talking to a ghost “I wish that we could rock a beat a