From the recording Lisa Tui: Live @ Greendale
'Listen to the river flow' was prompted by the release of 'Seven rivers walking', Haere Marire, a NZ film documentary by Kathleen Gallagher at the 2017 International film festival Christchurch.
Lyrics
Listen to the river flow
She's worn out and robbed of breath
Listen to the river flow
She's stumbling along on her stoney bed
Listen to the river flow
Here's your swimming towel to dry you hair child
Dabb the wet from your skin and lay in the sun
I've packed a couple of sandwiches and we can rest a while
Listen to the river flow
Listen to the river flow
Darling will you ever know
We'll kick up our feet here alittle longer
we'll take a picture while we can before she's gone
and we'll listen to the river flow
Listen to the river flow
With a mighty roar she was hungry for more now she slips and slides on stones
Gushing past and racing fast
Now she's drugged and dirty, dizzy and dammed
I want to hear the river flow
I want to hear her roar again
I wish you could have seen her pristine clear blue with your own eyes child
Listen to the river flow
Listen to the river flow