{"id":957,"date":"2017-01-18T21:32:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T21:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/?p=957"},"modified":"2017-01-18T21:34:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T21:34:11","slug":"road-is-a-river-story-behind-the-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/2017\/01\/18\/road-is-a-river-story-behind-the-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Road is a River &#8211; Story behind the song"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"customHeaderWrapper\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"trackView leftMiddleColumns has-art\">\n<div id=\"name-section\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"middleColumn\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"trackInfo\" class=\"leftColumn\">\n<div id=\"trackInfoInner\">\n<div class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"470\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/track=1746186562\/album=1411039729\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\">Strange one this.<\/div>\n<div class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\">\n<p>I have lyrics for all the other songs but not this one.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe a one off recording.<\/p>\n<p>Fairly minimal and quite sad.<\/p>\n<p>The road is a river and my windows are full of steam&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Thames Valley blues again&#8230;.song about home from Scotland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"lyrics-label\"><\/h3>\n<div class=\"tralbumData lyricsText\">\n<p><strong>THE ROAD IS A RIVER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The road is a river and my windows are full of steam<br \/>\nThat woman I remember walking across these muddy fields<\/p>\n<p>The road is a river its taken us all away<br \/>\nFar from these fields of straw<br \/>\nThese empty barns in the rain<\/p>\n<p>The road is a river<br \/>\nYes the road is a river<br \/>\nThe road is a river and maybe one day it will bring her back my way<br \/>\nIn a car of chrome and silver<br \/>\nIt\u2019ll slide through these fields of rain<br \/>\nAnd we\u2019ll float away<\/p>\n<p>The road is a river\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"credits-label\"><\/h3>\n<div class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\">from <a href=\"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.bandcamp.com\/album\/black-tin-barns-river-ghosts\">Black Tin Barns &amp; River Ghosts<\/a>, releases February 1, 2017<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strange one this. 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