Chorus: I'm driftin' away Down a long dark highway I looked back once I can't look anymore And if you find me On some lonesome shore You wouldn't have
She stands on the banks of the mighty Mississippi Alone in the pale moonlight Waiting for a man, a riverboat gambler Said that he'd return tonight They
Yes, I went down to the river on a Saturday morn I was lookin' around just to see who is born I found a little chicken, down on his knees I went up and
Ferdinand standing in the tower Thinkin' how to get the power Empress knows that it would cost her For Ferdinand The Impostor Came to me to make a deal
High and lonesome out on Times Square Haven't got a dime, ain't got a prayer Deliver us, Lord, from this golden calf People only want what they cannot
Take a silver dollar and put it in your pocket never let it slip away Always be a man not a boy gone astray, astray When you get half crazy from the August
Ain't no more cane on the Brazos Ooh, ooh, ooh It's all been ground down to molasses Ooh, ooh, ooh You should've been on the river in nineteen and ten
May God bless and keep you always May your wishes all come true May you always do for others And let others do for you May you build a ladder to the
Georgia, hmm Georgia the whole day through There's that old sweet song that keeps you Georgia, on my mind Oh Georgia, hmm Georgia, the song of you Comes
Are you out there Can you hear me Can you see me in the dark I don't believe it's all for nothing It's not just written in the sand Sometimes I thought
Crow has brought the message to the children of the sun for the return of the buffalo and for a better day to come You can kill my body You can damn
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Hide in the bayou under the gun Been to the house of the rising sun Come down here trying to make a connection Must have a bad sense of direction Chorus
I'm going down to Rose Marie's She never does me wrong She puts it to me plain as day And gives it to me for a song It's a wicked life but what the hell
Down south in New Orleans The prettiest girls I've ever seen A sparkling eye and lips so sweet And we make love to the Rumba beat A ship's at anchor,
I think I'll go on back to Shenandoah She said that she'd meet me by the fork in the road I jump start my one eyed Ford I'm heading for the pow-wow I
Oh, baby, don't you do it, don't do it Don't you break by heart Please, don't do it Don't you break by heart I sacrificed to make you happy Kept nothin
Intro: D5 E5 E E A D E A D E A D E A D It's way up in the Black Hills