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2x

 Well, there s a river that runs through Glasgow

 And it makes up and it breaks up

 And it takes her in two parts

 And the current just like my blood flows

 Down from the hills

Round aching bones to my restless heart

 Well, I would swim but the river is so wide

Scared I won t make it to the other side

God knows that I ve failed,

 But he knows that I ve tried

 I long for something that s safe and warm

 But all I have is so often is gone

 And it s helpless and it s hopeless

 As a feather on the Clyde

 But on one side all the lights glow

 and the folks know when the kids go

 And the music and the drinking starts

 On the other side where no cars go

 Up to the hills that stand alone

 Like my restless heart

 But, I would swim but the river is so wide

Scared I won t make it to the other side

God knows that I ve failed,

 But he knows that I ve tried

 I long for something that s safe and warm

 But all I have is so often is gone

 And it s helpless and it s hopeless

 As a feather on the Clyde

2x

 The sun sets late in Glasgow

 The daylight and the city part

 And I think of you in Glasgow

 Your always safe, your always home

My restless heart. . . .

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