When rivers ran blue up on the mountain And rivers ran green out on the plain When the river ran red in Glenwood Canyon It was only a matter of time
Then rivers ran gold up on the mountain And rivers ran wild out on the plain And the river ran free through Glenwood Canyon And it was only a matter of time
And the miners came and they took the gold and the people staked a claim And the builders came and they made a dam and the people came to play And the 'dozers came and they built a road and the people found a way Through Glenwood Canyon
Now rivers run grey up on the mountain And rivers brown out on the plain And the river runs red through Glenwood Canyon But it's only a matter of time
