Wegberg River Slow

[Verse 1]
Wegberg, founded in the hush
Little town, you hold your ground
Stillness sits on every porch
Where the evening settles down

Hello, little river
Water clear and moving slow
You make the whole wide world
Learn how to breathe, then go

[Pre-Chorus]
And life goes soft around your bends
The rush in me begins to mend
I find my face in your calm face
I find a kinder kind of place

[Chorus]
Wegberg, let it flow
Let the long day slow
Wegberg, let it show
What a quiet heart can know
Life is a river
Life is a river
And it never runs me down

[Verse 2]
Here I can meet you again
Schwul and proud in open air
No need to hide my name
No need to care what stares

Little benches by the bank
Piano notes and gravel roads
You teach a weary soul
How to carry less and hold

[Pre-Chorus]
And life goes soft around your bends
The rush in me begins to mend
I find my face in your calm face
I find a kinder kind of place

[Chorus]
Wegberg, let it flow
Let the long day slow
Wegberg, let it show
What a quiet heart can know
Life is a river
Life is a river
And it never runs me down

[Bridge]
Look what it will show us
When we finally stand still
A town can be a shelter
And a heart can learn to fill

Not with noise, not with hurry
Not with all I used to chase
Just the water, just the morning
Just your steady, honest grace

[Chorus]
Wegberg, let it flow
Let the long day slow
Wegberg, let it show
What a quiet heart can know
Life is a river
Life is a river
And it never runs me down

[Outro]
Hello, little river
Water clear and moving slow
Wegberg, founded in the stillness
That’s the place I call my home