**Verse 1:**
Here on this riverbank, I sit today,
Sifting through memories that refuse to fade away.
Granddad’s jokes echo 'cross the water, clear and bright,
We laughed on those banks from morning till night.

**Chorus:**
These riverside tales, woven through our days,
Catching more than fish in the sun's gentle blaze.
Years roll on, but here these memories stay,
Never just moments, they shaped us in every way.

**Verse 2:**
I remember counting days till I turned ten,
That was the rule, to join him on the boat then.
With the wind in our sails, under skies so vast,
In those cherished hours, a lifetime seemed to pass.

**Chorus:**
These riverside tales, woven through our days,
Catching more than fish in the sun's gentle blaze.
Years roll on, but here these memories stay,
Never just moments, they shaped us in every way.

**Verse 3:**
Uncle, still here, with laughter lines so deep,
We rode that river wild, the memories we keep.
Laughing like the world was a joke we’d just found,
Life felt endless, as our hearts with joy would pound.

**Bridge:**
Now we’re older, grey shadows of the past,
But those days by the river, oh they last.
Not just in pictures or tales that we convey,
But in who we are, even to this day.

**Verse 4:**
Sitting here, the current like the years, slips by,
And I can’t help but feel a tear catch my eye.
Not of sadness, but for the richness they brought,
These riverbank lessons, deeply wrought.

**Outro:**
So here's to the days, under the open sky,
To loved ones gone and those who still stand by.
Can’t repay the joy, or the love they instilled,
But in this river’s flow, their spirits are fulfilled.