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Thread #153628   Message #3599422
Posted By: Bert
08-Feb-14 - 07:38 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Songs about New Orleans
Subject: Lyr Add: BIG RIVER (Johnny Cash)
Don't forget this one from Johnny Cash


BIG RIVER
As recorded by Johnny Cash on "I Walk the Line" (1964)

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry,
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
And the tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river.
And I'm gonna sit right here until I die.

I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota,
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl.
Then I heard my dream went back downstream cavortin' in Davenport,
And I followed you, big river, when you called.

Then you took me to St. Louie later on down the river.
A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone.
I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the bluff.
She raised a few eyebrows and went on down alone.

Now, won't you bat it down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans.
Go on, I've had enough; dump my blues down in the Gulf.
She loves you, big river, more than me.

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
And the tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river.
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die.