From the recording Singles
Composed on my bike. The ribbon of chicory flowers sorta becomes a river, and my bike sorta becomes a kayak.
Lyrics
Paddling the bends in the chicory river
Blue ribbon winner of my eyes' delight
Color reflection in memory forever
Just until dusk ushers in the new night
Dapples of sun streaming under the hornbeam
Traces of homeplaces I've left behind
Floating me back and still calling me forward
Rapids and races for loves that I find
Blue chicory river
Lining the byways of my winding dream
Blue chicory river
Draw me along to where I long to be
Settled in saddle, the pedals my paddle
Everyone doing what they're born to do
Slider and wood duck, kingfisher's good luck
Chicory river, there's spirit in you
Blue chicory river
Lining the byways of my winding dream
Blue chicory river
Draw me along to where I long to be
Oh, the day I left your banks
Without a word of thanks
To think I thought I knew
What good I ought to do
Listening this evening, grasshoppers singing
Watching the twilight ripples at play
Grieving believing siren song ringing
Grateful your current pulled my heart this way
Blue chicory river
Lining the byways of my winding dream
Blue chicory river
Draw me along to where I long to be
Draw me along to where I long to be