Smile Room - River Of Sadness Lyrics

Danny met two small kids at the beach by the river today
And he fell into tears
Cause they were just as he always imagined that his children would have been

He recalls his Joanna, the love of his life, his everything
And all plans that they had of a family life
In a house where love grows everywhere

When they first met, it all felt like magic
They were two of a kind with the very same dreams
And they spent every minute together
Saw nothing but sunshine in their future to come

They bought a big house outside a small town
In the countryside
Just next to a calm peaceful river
They went swimming and canoeing every sunny summer day

They used to call it the river of gladness
And they dreamt of their children to play by the shore
In the garden they built up a playground
Making everything ready for their future to come

And the years they went by, but the children never came
Whatever they tried
All hope slowly vanished away
And so the whole meaning of life

And one bright summer morning
He woke up all alone
Though he searched everywhere, she was nowhere to be found
Did she jump into the river?
Did she run off to a distant land?
Maybe he'll never know?

Now there's nothing left but sorrow and eternal void
Despite living in what used to be the city of dreams
And he met so many others through the coming years
But there was noone, noone, noone, noone, noone like her

And he's drenched by a river of sadness
When he listens to the river's melancholic tunes
As he wanders around in the house all alone
Imagine it's all just a bad dream

Danny met two small kids at the beach by the river today
They asked him to join for a game in the sand
Dreamt away to the life that never came

When their mother came by to tell them it's time to go home
Danny fell into tears
As he thought of the woman he lost
And the children he never had