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When you were young and the world was bright
you clothed yourself in the river and it spoke to you at night
With your naked light and your weightless words
did you let your love fly with you as a thousand silver birds
over sleepy buildings, beyond fence and field,
and you did not know to conquer,
and you did not know to yield
to the wrath or dread of what comes with time
When you were young and nameless
and your heart was not a crime

Ah la la
Who are you now

Everybody knows that it ain't no use
to move against the river, that no one can refuse
the relentless force and the grinding down
to sand upon the shore
all our precious little crowns
You can call it right, call it true
You move with the mighty river
or the river swallows you
Make no mistake, everybody knows,
there is one way to the river,
only one way that it flows

Ah la la
Who are you now

Did you ever think you'd feel young and old
and you'd know that you were dreaming as the gentle thunder rolled
from a great distance through her silence vast
and that would be the name of your strange river at last
A child reeling in unbounded joy
An old man beholding the follies of a boy
Did you ever think she would hold you near,
you would fade sweetly from her story,
and the river would be here?

Ah la la
Who are you now
Who are you

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from Tenzin Chopak Live at Red Newt LP, released July 21, 2023

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Tenzin Chopak Ithaca, New York

“An unmistakably singular sound”
No Depression Magazine
Tenzin Chopak is a singer songwriter from East TN, now based in Ithaca, NY. The roots of music in the American south resonate through his voice, emerging at once as hauntingly timeless and fully his own. His lyrics have been described as “incandescent”, “cinematic”, and “stunningly beautiful”, and are the beating heart of his music. ... more

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