Johnny Cash — Big River

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Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry 
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And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky 
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And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood 
you Big River 
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Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die 
  
  
I met her accidentally in St.Paul, Minnesota 
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And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl southern drawl 
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Then I heard my dream was back downstream cavorting in Davenport 
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And I followed you Big River when you called 
  
  
Then you took me to St. Louis later on down the river 
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 A  freighter said she's been here but she's gone boy she's gone 
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I found her trail in Memphis but she just walked up the block 
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She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone 
  
  
Now won't you batter down by Baton Rouge River Queen roll it on 
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Take that woman on down to New Orleans  New Orleans 
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Go on I've had enough dump my blues down in the gulf 
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She loves you Big River more than me 
  
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