Christie – Yellow River lyrics

Christie – Yellow River lyrics

So long boy you can take my place, got my papers I've got my pay
So pack my bags and I'll be on my way to yellow river
Put my guns down the war is won
Fill my glass high the time has come
I'm going back to the place that I love yellow river

Yellow river yellow river is in my mind and in my eyes
Yellow river yellow river is in my blood it's the place I love
Got no time for explanation got no time to lose
Tomorrow night you'll find me
Sleeping underneath the moon at yellow river

Cannon fire lingers in my mind I'm so glad that I'm still alive
And I've been gone for such a long time from yellow river
I remember the nights were cool I can still see the water pool
And I remember the girl that I knew from yellow river

Yellow river yellow river is in my mind and in my eyes
Yellow river yellow river is in my blood it's the place I love
Got no time for explanation got no time to lose
Tomorrow night you'll find me
Sleeping underneath the moon at yellow river

Yellow river yellow river is in my mind and in my eyes
Yellow river yellow river is in my blood it's the place I love

Lyrics taken from /lyrics/c/christie/yellow_river.html

Songwriters: JEFF CHRISTIE

Yellow River lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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vikingbear54 2020-09-18 20:51:55

While Jeff Christie says the motivation for the song was the american civil war the song captures perfectly the feelof the soldier during the Vietnam war.. There is a cynical tone to the song about war in general. For example the statement put down your guns the war is won .The statement so long boy you can take my place expresses the lack of connection to the war.These two statements contradict each other.This expresses perfectly the lack of understanding about the wars goals.

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KingCorkey 2011-03-11 07:08:26

This is a Vietnam era song and conveys the sentiment of any serviceman who did his tour there who was going home to the girl he loved and the land he loved. The verse "I'm so glad that I'm still alive" is a reference to all our fallen comrades in arms who didn't make it. However you do need to correct the lyrics the second time he sings about sleeping underneath the moon. He already talked about the girl he knew there and the second time the Lyric is sung, he says tomorrow night you'll find "us" sleeping underneath the moon at yellow river.

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Unregistered 2014-10-17 20:42:16

There's an interesting Dutch documentary on YouTube regarding the history of this single, which was originally supposed to be released by the Tremeloes.

In that documentary, Jeff Christie (the song's author) says Yellow River was written from the viewpoint of an American Civil War soldier returning home. Aside from that difference, I think KingCorkey's interpretations are on the mark.

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