The River (Alicia's Version) Lyrics

There are literally millions of people
41 floors below this apartment
And if-if I catch the perfect angle
And I squint and I stare real hard
I can kind of even make out the Hudson River
But up here, it's just me

I'm alone in a corner of a one-room apartment
Dirty windows let the light in through my fingers and make patterns on the carpet
Heavy footsteps on the ceiling
And the sirens in the distance drown the sound of playing children
I'm alone here in a crowd of seven million

I know there's more to life than this
'Cause something's calling me

So I follow the river
So I follow the river
And I'm gonna catch the wind
'Cause I'm dying to begin
So I follow the-, the river (follow the river, follow the river)

Yeah, there's a heartbeat out on these streets
There's a bonfire that's set a light inside me
There's no army that can stop me, yeah
Watch how strong I'm gonna be
When they said I couldn't be

I know there's more to life than this
'Cause something's calling me

So I follow the river
So follow the river
And I'm gonna catch a wind
'Cause I'm dying to begin
So follow the river
Oh, follow the river

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah) follow the river
Follow (follow the river)

Follow the river
I know there's more to life than this
'Cause something's calling me