There's something about rivers that gets the creative juices of songwriters flowing. "The word 'river' is definitely a metaphor for life and, as such, fits well in a song," says local ...

It began as a low hum on the horizon, barely perceptible. Then a pulsing rhythm rose from the river — the brass and beat of a live band drifting through the humid summer air. The Capitol was coming.

The song is the seventh track on Buckley's only studio album, Grace, released by Columbia Records on August 23, 1994. Grace 's track list blends Broadway standards like “Lilac Wine” with traditional ...