Lyrics Riverboat Song (Revival outtake).lrc Gillian Welch
[id: tcwpsufx]
[ar: Gillian Welch]
[al: Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg]
[ti: Riverboat Song (Revival outtake)]
[length: 03:17]
[00:09.32]Thought I’d sing to the river
[00:13.48]Just cheer her on her way
[00:17.05]She’s a blue old girl
[00:19.62]No one cares to travel on these days
[00:27.21]I know some say she’s lazy
[00:31.02]She was fast enough before
[00:35.40]Half of every cotton crop
[00:39.07]Came floating past my door
[00:42.75]And there used to be a dance hall
[00:46.84]When the gambling boat still ran
[00:51.01]The air was full of lamp light
[00:54.75]And the sound of Dixie Land
[00:58.70]But the river men are gone now
[01:02.58]She’s a melancholy girl
[01:06.86]She never sees the Delta Queen
[01:10.58]Or the Alabama Pearl
[01:16.44]And she looks like she’s lonely
[01:20.08]As she tumbles to the sea
[01:24.22]She’s headed down to Mexico
[01:28.35]To find some company
[01:31.26]
[02:05.96]Well, the only time I cursed her
[02:10.11]Was the spring of ’65
[02:14.05]She rolled across my bean field
[02:18.05]Looking more than ten miles wide
[02:22.13]Well, I should’ve seen it comin’
[02:26.08]As it does from time to time
[02:30.64]Women’s gonna make a fuss
[02:34.20]When no one pays her any mind
[02:39.72]So thought I’d sing to the river
[02:44.24]Just cheer her on her way
[02:48.28]She’s a blue old girl
[02:50.75]That no one cares to travel on these days
[02:58.23]She’s a blue old girl
[03:00.53]That no one cares to travel on these days
[03:06.58]Year of Release: 2016