Youghiogheny* River Lament

Traveling along the Youghiogheny On a train that's Washington bound I've ridden these rails from coast to coast And echoes of you are all that I've found Autumn has come to Pennsylvania Red and yellow blanket the land The fog pours over Chestnut Ridge Like the water pours over the Connellsville dam And Oh! how I miss you And all that might have been I'll love you in my dreams tonight 'Till I wake alone again I see us standing on a rock in the river We're wet and alive in the sun Your warm strong body holds close to mine I blink my eyes, and the image is gone The tears pour down my face like the river Run over these rocks, to the sea Not all these tears, not all these miles Can ever return your love to me! And Oh! how I miss you And all that might have been I'll love you in my dreams tonight 'Till I wake alone again * "Yock-uh-gay'-nee" (c) Michael Lowe Wright 1989