Jim Byrnes
That River
No one ever loved that riverThe rain from the highlandsA mirror for the Cajun moonA road without a memoryOf anything that started out as blueSay you can pour me like a jug of wineInto the Gulf of Mexico, honeyUntil the end of timeBut no one ever loved that riverThe way I love youYou move at your own rhythmLike the tide on the riverAnd the lightning on the PontrachainWell, you come to me at midnightWarm and naked as the rainWhat were you whispering down at Natchez?Cause it, oh, muddied up my mindThe call of some sweet oceanGoing to make you leave it all behindBut no one ever loved that riverThe way I love youYou got land above the salt lineBougainvillea in you hairThe barges pull from New OrleansSongtexteThey say you'd leave without a careThe rumor on the river isAnything that touches you will be freeBut I know you can't be freeWell, you can never leave that riverWithout meOh, in your eyes there flash defianceAnd will not wait upon my wordDraw my eyes across the skylineLike some long and graceful birdYour lips have known me better, honeyAnd that satin ball of fire turns to blueI can never leave this riverI will not leave this river without youNo one ever loved that riverThe way I love youWoah, no one ever loved that riverThe way I love you
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