Lyrics:
miles and miles
I was born the happy little son
of an angry old man
in a dirt brown single wide
a mile south of town
three tours out of high school
and not all that strong
Sonny works on the land though he’s barely a man
There’s not much to do but he does what he can
Sits by his window in his room by
after midnight
I was sitting in a tavern
I saw him playing cards
And I went over to the old man
He said I read inside the cards all about your life
Do you
And I thought about a calico bonnet from Cheyenne to Tennessee
We flew straight across that river bridge,
Last night half past two
The switchman waved
the paint
Pimpin' ass real nigga
I squeeze big ass and big trigga
And leave hard weak ass niggas in big rivers
Who in the fuck got stuck you bucked
tribes for breakfast
Ravenous, wait until the moon is in it's crescent
Black obelisk surrounded by primates
Time waits for no man, mindstate will
Divided,
Conquered by the white man
Against us united (Uh)
Greed seeps through the cracks
Infests everything black (Yeah)
Grass roots
Rooted in poison
All
the river
And we sat down in the grass
By the Eiffel tower
I was so happy we had met
It was the age of no regret
Oh yes
Those crazy years, that was
pleased
(Spoken verse)
The old man by the wayside said
The road is never straight ahead
We cannot see around each bend
Nor fathom what the fates portend
left to stand on
I'm a man-child, you already know
Running free as a banjo roll
Getting by, pickin' choosin'
Life gets real, so I don't do it
the river
And we sat down in the grass
By the Eiffel tower
I was so happy we had met
It was the age of no regret
Oh yes
Those crazy years, that was
the river
And we sat down in the grass
By the Eiffel tower
I was so happy we had met
It was the age of no regret
Oh yes
Those crazy years, that was
the river
And we sat down in the grass
By the Eiffel tower
I was so happy we had met
It was the age of no regret
Oh yes
Those crazy years, that was
our way along the river
And we sat down in the grass by the Eiffel tower
I was so happy we had met
It was the age of no regret
Oh, yes
Those crazy
the river
And we sat down in the grass
By the Eiffel tower
I was so happy we had met
It was the age of no regret
Oh yes
Those crazy years, that was
You've got black hair that floats like a river
As it falls down the back of your neck
But your heart is so cold that I shiver
Then your trail is
made our way along the river
And we sat down in the grass by the Eiffel tower
I was so happy we had met
It was the age of no regret
Oh, yes
Those
Sonny lives on a farm, in the wide open space
You can kick off your sneekers, and give up the race
You can lay your self down, by a sweet river bed
Hey, sista, whacha gon' do
Goin' down by the river
Gonna play with you
Papa don't like no screamin' 'round here
No lip from da woman when they
And sold my truck
And said goodbye to Memphis
Man, I got goin’
Cause the goin’ was tough
So why’d I come back
If I’d had enough?
They say the River City
Was
was a big black car parked out by my backdoor
And a government man with a fat cigar said we couldn't live there anymore
Said they'd pay us for
head by a sweet river bed
But Sonny always remembers what it was his mama said
Sonny, don't go away, I am here all alone
And your daddy's a sailor who
Hey, sista, whatcha gon' do...?
Goin' down by the river
Gonna play with you
Papa don't like no screamin' 'round here
No lip from da woman
wheelchairs
We quietly hold hands
It's strange, but one day
I'm gonna be an old man
I hope to be happy on that day
Because I finally stood up and moved the
Hell
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