The Riverkeeper

The Riverkeeper
by Tom Chapin
© 2015 The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

On a calm and early morning
The Hudson River flat as glass
One small boat carves out a wake
Above the stripers and the bass
Start out early, stay out late
She knows what it means
To do the good, hard heavy job
Of keeping the river clean

From Glens Falls down to Brooklyn
Bear Mountain to the Tappan Zee
Up and down the river she goes
Working for you and me
Test the air and water
Near each town and factory
Doing the good, hard heavy job
Of keeping the river clean

And the Riverkeeper
Keeps the river, keeps the river clean
The Riverkeeper keeps the river clean

She’s a floating laboratory
Who lays out bit by bit
The Hudson River’s story
She’s a powerful advocate
Who won’t give up
Who won’t back down
She’s a little tough machine
Doing the good, hard heavy job
Of keeping the river clean

And the Riverkeeper
Keeps the river, keeps the river clean
The Riverkeeper keeps the river clean
And the Riverkeeper
Keeps the river, keeps the river clean
The Riverkeeper keeps the river clean

And those of us who live here
Know just how bad it was
And how it keeps on getting cleaner
Because of what she does
The Hudson needs us all, my friends
So come and join the team
Doing the good, hard heavy job
Of keeping the river clean

And the Riverkeeper
Keeps the river, keeps the river clean
The Riverkeeper keeps the river clean
And the Riverkeeper
Keeps the river, keeps the river clean
The Riverkeeper keeps the river clean
The Riverkeeper keeps the river clean

This song appears on Tom Chapin's 70 CD.

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