Jun. 18, 19691 viewer
Ballad of Easy Rider Lyrics
[Verse 1]The river flows
It flows to the sea
Wherever that river goes
That's where I want to be
[Chorus]
Flow, river, flow
Let your waters wash down
Take me from this road
To some other town
[Verse 2]
All he wanted
Was to be free
And that's the way
It turned out to be
[Chorus]
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to some other town
[Bridge]
Flow river flow
Past the shaded tree
Go river, go
Go to the sea
Flow to the sea
It flows to the sea
Wherever that river goes
That's where I want to be
[Chorus]
Flow, river, flow
Let your waters wash down
Take me from this road
To some other town
[Verse 2]
All he wanted
Was to be free
And that's the way
It turned out to be
[Chorus]
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to some other town
[Bridge]
Flow river flow
Past the shaded tree
Go river, go
Go to the sea
Flow to the sea
[Verse 3]
The river flows
It flows to the sea
Wherever that river goes
That's where I want to be
[Chorus]
Flow river flow
Let your waters wash down
Take me from this road
To some other town
The river flows
It flows to the sea
Wherever that river goes
That's where I want to be
[Chorus]
Flow river flow
Let your waters wash down
Take me from this road
To some other town
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Great comments in this youtube interview with Peter Fonda.
Start at 5:25 for description of private screening for Bob Dylan where Roger McGuinn gets the torch passed to him.
McGuinn’s solo version is in the film. Sounds like all he wrote was “ All they wanted/ Was to be free/ And that’s the way/ It turned out to be.” ..to make the song less “pastoral” for Fonda. Wow. Talents and collaboration making it happen.
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Columbia Studios, Hollywood, California
Release Date
June 18, 1969
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