The River [The Eno Mix] - Lyrics - Geoffrey Oryema

Geoffrey Oryema is an internationally renowned Ugandan musician. In 1977, at the age of 24 and at the height of Idi Amin's power, Oryema was smuggled across the Ugandan border in the trunk of a car, after the death of his father, Erinayo Wilson Oryema, who was a cabinet minister, beginning a life in exile. Today his songs keep alive the languages of his youth - Swahili and Acholi and return to the lost country - the 'clear green land' of Uganda.

Paint me a picture of a river and let it flow just let it flow it will flow and wash away our differences and love will grow You have the power to deliver so let it flow When I dip my hand into your water I feel your soul Nafikiliya Koruba Shamba Nafikiliya Koruba Shamba I'll do the fire by your river of metled stone you can drink the silver of my moonlight as our fire burns the fire burns I'll slide inside your slient water like polished stone then break the surface with a shiver while the river flows Nafikiliya Koruba Shamba Nafikiliya Koruba Shamba Paint me a picture of the river and let it flow let it flow all across the deserts and the mountains we'll let it go let it go Nafikiliya Koruba Shamba Nafikiliya Koruba Shamba