I want to reach out over the lough   And feel your hand across the water   Walk with you along an unapproved road   Not looking over my shoulder    I want to see   I want to hear   To understand your fears   But we're north and south of the river       I've been doing it wrong   all of my life   This holy town has turned me over   A young man running from what he didn't understand   As the wind from the lough just blew colder and colder       There was a badness that had its way   But love was not lost   it just got mislaid   North and south of the river       Can we stop playing these old tattoos?   Darling I don't have the answer   I want to meet you where you are   I don't need you to surrender   There is no feeling so alone   as when the one you're hurting is your own   North and south of the river       Some high ground is not worth taking   Some connections are not worth making   There's an old church bell no longer ringing   And some old songs not worth singing       North and south of the river   North and south of the river