The river grows wide Breaks down the hillside What will remain? What will remain? Your heart is made of strings Fine, delicate, sweet tunings I'll play them right, I'll learn it in time I'll play them right, I'll learn it in time Gather sticks and stones Build steady fires If he hadn't gone we'd have lived different lives He spoke of honest men, warned of the liars Do good or you're wrong Work each day 'til your tired Live it right I've been a dreamer my whole life They say I'm like him, they say I'm like him And if you paint the lines, I'll play mine What will remain? What will remain? Gather sticks and stones Build steady fires If he hadn't gone we'd have lived different lives He spoke of honest men, warned of the liars Do good or you're wrong Work each day 'til your tired