The Band — Amazon River of Dreams

I went on the river for money, I sold my old rotten shack For a rusty tanker leaking oil, and the burning sun was on my back Traveled up the ragin' river, I watched the jungle burn And in the reddenin' twilight, I wondered would I ever return Ridin' on a river of dreams Broken dreams I'm ridin' on a river of dreams Amazon, Amazon Is it heaven or hell? Amazon An eagle flew above us, I felt the breezes blow Fish with teeth like ivory, waited down below On shore they cut and hammered, and fenced them in with wire While ancient fires in the jungle, burned our souls like fire Ridin' on a river of dreams Somebody's dreams I'm ridin' on a river of dreams Amazon, Amazon Is it Heaven or hell? Amazon What kind of creature's gonna rise up from these ashes? What's gonna fly in the moonlight feathers aglow? What kind of rain could come in from these sorrows? Nobody knows, nobody knows At dawn we crossed the rapids, a place where few men go I felt the desolation, where nothing seemed to grow When I got my wages, I hung my head and cried I could not stop these visions, that swept in like the tide Ridin' on a river of dreams Broken dreams I'm ridin' on a river of dreams Amazon, Amazon Is it Heaven or hell? Amazon Oh, Amazon, Amazon, Amazon, Amazon