Down in the Valley

Way down in the valley,
Down the swirling steps,
Through the spinning rapids,
Among the sparkling stones,
On the glitter-gumdrop river,
You rolled along the currents
And met me where the water
Slows and spreads across the plain.
We watched,
Together,
As the jagged
Canyon
City
Came tumbling
Down
Around us
And crumbled in the desert.
When the sun
Was setting,
The river
Flowed
Up the crystal wall
Waterfall,
Over the iron
Cliffs, past the
Places where the
Animals
Roam and run,
And
Your eyes
Are
Roaring
Lions
That
Let us
Ride
Up and over
The red clay
Gym-classs
Springboard
Country.