River Don’t Care – Gord Downie

I write about words
Try and make them sound like my
Thoughts of nature
Will still accept me, no matter what I want

River don’t care
What you write for it
Your throw-away thoughts where
You cast into it what you want into it

I don’t care about nature
Nature don’t care about it
I throw all I had at it
Ineffable shit, the pain, the blood and spit

It’s all invitation
To be indiscreet
To suck and blow at the same time
To work both sides of the street

River don’t care
Yes what I write for it
Your throw-away thoughts what you cast for it
What you pour into it

I don’t care about nature
Nature don’t care about me
I throw all I had at it
Ineffable shit, the pain, the blood and spit

I can’t love you now
I cannot be that guy
I couldn’t do what you do
I can not I cannot not to try