JUST AROUND THE RIVERBEND (demo)


[ Pocahontas ]
I'll just walk quietly into the village, go straight to my father's house and tell him...

[ Villagers ]
There she is! 
Pocahontas, look!

Oysters for the wedding feast 
Sweet young corn to make the cake 
Chinquapin and succotash 
Venison and turtle steaks

You must be so excited

[ Pocahontas ]
Well, I...

[ Villagers ]
See the colours for your dress 
Indigo and golden seal 
Purple for the love you share 
Yellow for the joy you feel 
Pocahontas, see your cape 
How it sparkles, yes it does 
She will be a lovely bride 
Just the way her mother was

We will dance the whole night long 
When the night has finally come 
Singing out a wedding song 
Hega-hega ya-hi-ye hega 
Dancing to the wedding drum

Hega hega ya-hi-ye hega 
Ya-hi-ye ne-he hega

[ Kococum ]
Pocahontas!
 
[ Pocahontas ]
Kococum! I was just... 

[ Kococum ]
Come with me. Look, our home, I've finished it.

[ Pocahontas ]
Such sturdy walls.

[ Kococum ]
In this house I'll keep you safe 
Here I can protect you from 
Any danger that may lurk 
Any stranger that may come

[ Villagers ]
See her eyes are filled with tears 
As she smiles at Kocoum 
Or how happy she will be 
Dancing to the wedding drum

[ Chief Powhatan ]
As the rivers cuts his path 
Though the river’s proud and strong 
He will choose the smoothest course 
That’s why rivers live so long

They’re steady... 
As the steady beating drum

[ Pocahontas ]
I must hear my father's words 
Like the river I become 
Steady as the beating drum 
Steady as the beating drum

What I love most about rivers is: 
You can't step in the same river twice 
The water's always changing, always flowing 
But people, I guess, can't live like that 
We all must pay a price 
To be safe, we lose our chance of ever knowing 
What's around the riverbend 
Waiting just around the riverbend

I look once more 
Just around the riverbend 
Beyond the shore 
Where the gulls fly free 
Don't know what for 
What I dream the day might send 
Just around the riverbend 
For me 
Coming for me

I don't know why I'm drifting here 
Past willow trees and waterfalls 
I should go home and join the celebrating 
Have a handsome sturdy husband 
Who builds handsome sturdy walls 
And forget my dream that something's waiting 
Just around the riverbend 
Just around the riverbend

I look once more 
Just around the riverbend 
Beyond the shore 
Somewhere past the sea 
Don't know what for 
Why do all my dreams extend 
Just around the riverbend? 
Just around the riverbend

Should I choose the smoothest course 
Steady as the beating drum? 
Should I marry Kocoum? 
Is all my dreaming at an end? 
Or do you still wait for me, Dream Giver 
Just around the riverbend?