[Intro – Drum Fill → Bass Drop]
(Boogie kick pattern, syncopated hi-hat)
Uh!
Clap it now
Yeah, yeah — let it float!
[Verse 1]
Sun poppin’ off the waterline (poppin’)
Barefoot dreams and a borrowed time
Town keep talkin’, talkin’ loud
But I hear truth in the hush, not the crowd
Pocket full of “don’t you dare”
Heart say “go” so I’m already there
Mama hope, preacher tone
But my feet don’t like walkin’ stone
[Pre-Chorus – Bass Walk Up + Harmonica]
They say stay put, play it safe
I say move with the beat you make
[Chorus – Full Band Hit]
The river got a groove, can’t slow it down
Move side to side when it come around
If I gotta choose, I’m choosin’ free
Let the water keep talkin’ back to me
Yeah, the river got a groove
Yeah, the river got a groove
Grooooove
[Post-Chorus – Horn Riff]
(Trombone slide – Sax punch – Tuba bounce)
Move with it!
Move with it!
Move with it!
[Verse 2]
Got a partner with a heavy past
Laugh too big, but he move real fast
World say “no,” I say “why?”
Ain’t no fence on the open sky
Raft rock steady to the boogie beat
Moonlight dancin’ on the river street
Every mile feel brand new
Washed in gold, soaked in truth
[Pre-Chorus – Drop Drums, Bass + Guitar]
Wrong and right get real thin
When your soul start callin’ in
Yeah, the river got a groove
Grooooove
[Post-Chorus – Horn Riff]
(Trombone slide – Sax punch – Tuba bounce)
Move with it! The river got a groove
Move with it! The river got a groove
Yeeaaaahhhh
Move with it! The river got a groove
[Chorus – Bigger, Disco Feel]
The river got a groove, can’t slow it down
Move side to side when it come around
If I gotta choose, I’m choosin’ free
Let the water keep talkin’ back to me
Yeah, the river got a groove
Move with it! The river got a groove
Move with it! The river got a groove
Yeeaaaahhhh
Move with it! The river got a groove
[Bridge – Breakdown → Build]
(Tuba + Kick only)
Boom… boom…
Who you trust — the rule or the feel?
Boom… boom…
Who you save when it get too real?
(Harmonica riff enters)
Slide don’t lie
Heart don’t fake
Do the right thing
Make the shake! (Shaaaake)
Move with it! The river got a groove
Move with it! The river got a groove
Yeeaaaahhhh
Move with it! The river got a groove
[Horn Break – Instrumental]
(Sax solo → Trombone answer → Tuba walk)
Wah guitar choppin’ on the off-beat
Crowd clap, sweat drop, funky feet
[Chorus – Final, All In]
The river got a groove, let it ride
Every wrong wash clean on the other side
If I gotta choose, I’m choosin’ me
Let the beat and the water set me free
Yeah, the river got a groove
Move with it! The river got a groove
Move with it! The river got a groove
Yeeaaaahhhh
Move with it! The river got a groove
[Outro – Disco Vamp]
Float it!
Move it!
Slide with the tide now!
Float it!
Move it!
River got a groove now!
The river got a groove
The river got a groove
Yeeaaaahhhh
Move with it! The river got a groove
The river got a groove
Yeeaaaahhhh
The river got a groove
(Fade on horn riff + funky bass walk)
