Gillian Welch - Riverboat Song

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[Verse]
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Thought I'd sing to the river
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Just cheer her on her way
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She's a blue old girl
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That no one cares to travel on these days

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I know some say she's lazy
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She was fast enough before
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Half of every cotton crop
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Came floating past my door

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And there used to be a dance hall
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When the gambling boat still ran
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The air was full of lamp light
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And the sound of dixie land

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But the river met her god now?
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She's a melancholy girl
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She never sees the delta queen
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Or the Alabama pearl

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And she looks like she's lonely
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As she tumbles to the sea
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She's headed down to Mexico
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To find some company

[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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Well the only time I cursed her
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Was the spring of '65
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She rolled across my bean field
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Looking more than ten miles wide

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Well I shoulda seen it comin'
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As it does from time to time
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Women's gonna make a fuss
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When no one pays her any mind

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So thought I'd sing to the river
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Just cheer her on her way
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She's a blue old girl
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that no one cares to travel on these days

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Shes a blue old girl
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that no one cares
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to travel on these days

[Outro]
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