The River (Alicia's Version)

There are literally millions of people

41 floors below this apartment

And if-if I catch the perfect angle

And I squint and I stare real hard

I can kind of even make out the Hudson River

But up here, it's just me

I'm alone in a corner of a one-room apartment

Dirty windows let the light in through my fingers and make patterns on the carpet

Heavy footsteps on the ceiling

And the sirens in the distance drown the sound of playing children

I'm alone here in a crowd of seven million

I know there's more to life than this

'Cause something's calling me

So I follow the river

So I follow the river

And I'm gonna catch the wind

'Cause I'm dying to begin

So I follow the-, the river (follow the river, follow the river)

Yeah, there's a heartbeat out on these streets

There's a bonfire that's set a light inside me

There's no army that can stop me, yeah

Watch how strong I'm gonna be

When they said I couldn't be

I know there's more to life than this

'Cause something's calling me

So I follow the river

So follow the river

And I'm gonna catch a wind

'Cause I'm dying to begin

So follow the river

Oh, follow the river

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Yeah, yeah, yeah) follow the river

Follow (follow the river)

Follow the river

I know there's more to life than this

'Cause something's calling me