The traveller leaves before daylight onto a long dusty road. Others report a closed pass and broken bridge, while a name held inside still offers direction. Counting rivers makes the remaining distance smaller without denying obstacles. Arrival by day belongs to the song’s wish, not a real itinerary promise.
The 74 BPM Bollywood-Hindustani ballad direction uses tabla, dholak, tanpura, sitar and bansuri, gradually opening into broad strings. English sustained lines sit beside instrumental replies. Hear how a repeated refrain gains space as the arrangement grows.
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[Chorus]
One more river, one more night
One more mountain in the way
One more river, one more night
And I'll be there by day
[Verse]
I left before the morning came
I did not close the door
The road is dust, the road is long
I've walked it twice before
[Chorus]
One more river, one more night
One more mountain in the way
One more river, one more night
And I'll be there by day
[Verse]
They say the pass is closed with snow
They say the bridge is down
I've got a name inside my chest
It does not let me down
[Chorus]
One more river, one more night
One more mountain in the way
One more river, one more night
And I'll be there by day
[Bridge]
Count the rivers, count them slow
Every one is one less now
[Chorus]
One more river, one more night
One more mountain in the way
One more river, one more night
And I'll be there by day
[Chorus]
One more river, one more night
One more mountain in the way
One more river, one more night
And I'll be there by day
