Lyrics - Big River by Johnny Cash

NOW,
I
THOUGHT
THE
WEEPING
WILLOW
HOW
TO
CRY,
AND
I
SHOWED
THE
CLOUDS
HOW
TO
COVERUP
A
CLEAR
BLUE
SKY.
AND
THE
TEARS
THAT
I
CRIED
FOR
THAT
WOMANARE
GONNA
FLOOD
YOU,
BIG
RIVER.
THEN
I`
M
GONNA
SIT
RIGHT
HERE
UNTIL
I
DIE.
I
MET
HER
ACCIDENTALLY
IN
ST.
PAUL -
MINESOTA.
AND
IT
TORE
ME
UP
EV`
RY
TIME
I
HEARED
HER
DRAWL,
SOUTHERN
DRAWL.
THEN
I
HEARED
MY
DREAM
WAS
BACK
DONSTREAMCAVORTIN`
IN
DAVENPORT,
AND
I
FOLLOWED
YOU,
BIG
RIVER,
WHEN
YOU
CALLED.
THEN
YOU
TOOK
ME
TO
ST.
LOUIS
LATER
ON -
DOWN
RIVER.
A
FREIGHTER
SAID
SHE`
S
BEEN
HERE
BUT
SHE`
S
GONE,
BOY,
SHE`
S
GONE.
I
FOUND
HER
TRAIL
IN
MEMPHIS,
BUT
SHE
JUST
WALKED
UP
THE
BLOCK.
SHE
RAISED
A
FEW
EYEBROWS
AND
THENSHE
WENT
ON
DOWN
ALONE.
NOW,
WON`
T
YOU
YOU
BETTER
DOWN
BY
BATON
ROUGE,
RIVER
QUEEN,
ROLL
IT
ON.
TAKE
THE
WOMAN
DOWN
TO
NEW
ORLEANS,
NEW
ORLEANS.
GO
ON,
I`
VE
HAD
ENOUGH;
DUMP
MY
BLURS
DOWN
IN
THE
GULF.
SHE
LOVES
YOU,
BIG
RIVER,
MORE
THAN
ME.
NOW,
I
THOUGHT
THE
WEEPING
WILLOW
HOW
TO
CRY,
AND
I
SHOWED
THE
CLOUDS
HOW
TO
COVERUP
A
CLEAR
BLUE
SKY.
AND
THE
TEARS
THAT
I
CRIED
FOR
THAT
WOMANARE
GONNA
FLOOD
YOU,
BIG
RIVER.
THEN
I`
M
GONNA
SIT
RIGHT
HERE
UNTIL
I
DIE.

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