Lyrics:
In a land the Spanish once had called the Northern Mystery,
Where rivers run and disappear the mustang still is free.
By the Devil's wash
the eternity
Of dark couloirs
Lights of past aspirations
Fading away
"No man is an island"
Prophesied by gods
Lying corners of the mind
In searching of sooth
Now
There was a man by the river
I told him bout what ails my mind
He turned to face me
He said I know I've always known
In tears I stood by the river
So
River
To the abandoned old prison down by Airdrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all
a boy when she was just nineteen
Crazy love, never gonna settle down
I've had a bellyful of loving on the same old merry-go-round
Like any man I've
Near a tree by a river
There's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran
Goes around and around
And his mind is a beacon
In the veil of the night
begging for a heart from the wizard like Judy Garland
Bon voyage the grim reaper lurking now you praising Niggas
Every night in your sleep you see
The preacher man says it's the end of time
The Mississippi river she's goin' dry
The interest is up and the stock markets down
Your only getting
Old man lives by the river
Real good place to hide
He grows some killer weed
Brews whiskey on the side
Waters clear as crystal
Makes the bourbon
Late last night, I sat down by the River side
Late last night, I sat down by the River side
I ain't got a woman, can't never be satisfied
I saw
Driftin
My man and me we're driftin
And if a breeze is liftin
We're driftin on by
Rollin
Somewhere old molly's lowin
And if a breeze gets blowin
Man
La La La La La La La La La La La La La La
By the rivers
By the rivers
By the rivers of Babylon
Where we sat down
Yeah we wept
When we
Eternal nights in Flyblown City
Dirt and grey gauze covers coffins
And black garland down the streets tightens bronchus
Dead presidents
Have
already got a man, I ain't tryna be all dat
I'm just tryna hit it by the end of the night
Lil' mama so bad and her booty so tight
When I hit it from
blue sea
And I thought about a calico bonnet from Cheyenne to Tennesee
We flew straight across that river bridge
Last night half past two
Dreamed about the old man
Fire in his eyes
As he stared across a river bridge
And watched a low sunrise
Nothing stops the sun he said
That much I
Traditional, arranged
By Arlo Guthrie
Come all you old time cowboys
And listen to my song
Please do not grow weary
I'll not detain you long
by the river, with a guy just like Terry
Or maybe it was some other man
It had to be Terry, we've got to believe that
He would never hurt her
I'm
Two young lovers with their bodies on fire
Achin' to swim that river of desire
Leavin' innocence there on the bank by their clothes
A man holdin'
about a calico bonnet from
Cheyenne to Tennessee
We flew straight across that river bridge,
Last night at half past two
The switch man waved his lantern
And I thought about a calico bonnet from
Cheyenne to Tennessee
We flew straight across that river bridge,
Last night at half past two
The switch man
to her knee
We met the other night and
Me heart she surely stole
I set me Biddy down by the old bog hole
Macushla Mavourneen, oh will you marry me?
Oh grá
I went driving through my old hometown
It was Thursday the bright sun on the horizon
I was surprised to see no one had burned it down
It seemed so
when I'm miles from my grave
Still haunted, by the old man I'll never be
Yes I know, that my heads in the sky
If I was standing right there baby, would
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