Darrell Scott - Down to the River lyrics
[Darrell Scott - Down to the River lyrics]
Now me and some buddies were
Down by the river
There were drinkers and dopers
And abstainers by choice
There was red wine and white lines
Blue smoke and good times
But when we all sang
We had us one voice singing
Let's all go down to the river at midnight
We'll swim muddy waters 'n pick us a tune
And we won't give a damn if it's Rock, Folk
Country or Blues
Well the sirens were screaming the
Blue lights a flashin'
I got me a ride in a humorless car
They read me my rights and
They sensed my conviction they said
"You shall be released when we
Know what you are"
Well the kangaroo court was now in session
Exhibit A was a blaring radio
They said son is it clear
What is to be expected
I said sir your music ain't got no soul
Let's all go down to the river at midnight
We'll swim muddy waters ‘n pick us a tune
And we won't give a damn if it's rock, folk
Country or blues
Now Woody fed Ramblin some old hobo chili
And Ramblin fed Dylan 'neath a banana tree
And Guy and Townes made a stew down in Texas
And brought the whole hog down to Tennessee
Hey
Let's all go down to the river at midnight
We'll swim muddy waters ‘n pick us a tune
And we won't give a damn if it's rock, folk
Country or blues
Let's all go down to the river at midnight
We'll swim muddy waters n pick us a tune
And we won't give a damn if it's rock, folk
Country or blues
Let's all go down to the river
Oh, let's all go down to the river
There were two crows that built a
Nest in a windmill dairy
Windmill wasn’t much but about halfway
Up in the dairy
Was a crow's nest it was like
This big around and it’s
Made out of barbwire only takes
Two to make a murder
Of crows well the crows they go in
There and catch baby rattle snakes
They had motor for lunch they are
Lying there just skin and bones
Just skin and bones skin and bones far out
And I’ve been trying to write a
Song about it ever since
Down by the river
There were drinkers and dopers
And abstainers by choice
There was red wine and white lines
Blue smoke and good times
But when we all sang
We had us one voice singing
Let's all go down to the river at midnight
We'll swim muddy waters 'n pick us a tune
And we won't give a damn if it's Rock, Folk
Country or Blues
Well the sirens were screaming the
Blue lights a flashin'
I got me a ride in a humorless car
They read me my rights and
They sensed my conviction they said
"You shall be released when we
Know what you are"
Well the kangaroo court was now in session
Exhibit A was a blaring radio
They said son is it clear
What is to be expected
I said sir your music ain't got no soul
Let's all go down to the river at midnight
We'll swim muddy waters ‘n pick us a tune
And we won't give a damn if it's rock, folk
Country or blues
Now Woody fed Ramblin some old hobo chili
And Ramblin fed Dylan 'neath a banana tree
And Guy and Townes made a stew down in Texas
And brought the whole hog down to Tennessee
Hey
Let's all go down to the river at midnight
We'll swim muddy waters ‘n pick us a tune
And we won't give a damn if it's rock, folk
Country or blues
Let's all go down to the river at midnight
We'll swim muddy waters n pick us a tune
And we won't give a damn if it's rock, folk
Country or blues
Let's all go down to the river
Oh, let's all go down to the river
There were two crows that built a
Nest in a windmill dairy
Windmill wasn’t much but about halfway
Up in the dairy
Was a crow's nest it was like
This big around and it’s
Made out of barbwire only takes
Two to make a murder
Of crows well the crows they go in
There and catch baby rattle snakes
They had motor for lunch they are
Lying there just skin and bones
Just skin and bones skin and bones far out
And I’ve been trying to write a
Song about it ever since