Old River Blues

from Old Road Blues by Ray Woodruff

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If that mean old river keeps flowing
Swollen bank by the rain and the snow
If I keep on rolling home
Winter's coming and it won't take long.
If that mean old river keeps flowing
Swollen bank by the rain and the snow
If I keep on rolling home
Well, there won't be no home to go.

Drinking flat foot in Tennessee
Saw her dancing by the willow tree
Just hoping she might see me
Counting time by the riverside
And I'd set my life to rights
Find a job and tuck in tight
Push the mornings back all night
In my house by the banks so wide

If that mean old river keeps flowing
Swollen bank by the rain and the snow
If I keep on rolling home
Winter's coming and it won't take long.
If that mean old river keeps flowing
Swollen bank by the rain and the snow
If I keep on rolling home
Well, there won't be no home to go.

In St. Louis barring chords
To make a dime cuz I can't find more.
In a cheap dive room and board
Dreaming of her half the night
I'll pack my bag up right tight
When I'm finished and I'll drive all night
It's a hard, cold rain outside
In the beam of the one headlight.

If that mean old river keeps flowing
Swollen bank by the rain and the snow
If I keep on rolling home
Winter's coming and it won't take long.
If that mean old river keeps flowing
Swollen bank by the rain and the snow
If I keep on rolling home
Well, there won't be no home to go.

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from Old Road Blues, released May 1, 2009

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Ray Woodruff Richmond, Virginia

Songwriter. Guitarist. Instrumentalist. Visuals. Lost writer.

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