BIG RIVER lyrics

Artist  : JOHNNY CASH 
Song : BIG RIVER
 



Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry,

And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear
blue sky.

And the tears that I cried for that woman are
gonna flood you Big River.

Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die.



I met her accidentally in St. Paul
(Minnesota).

And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl,
Southern drawl.

Then I heard my dream was back Downstream
cavortin' in Davenport,

And I followed you, Big River, when you
called.



Then you took me to St. Louis later on (down the
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 then she went on
down alone.



Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River
Queen, roll it on.

Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New
Orleans.

Go on, I've had enough; dump my blues down in the
gulf.

She loves you, Big River, more than me.



Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry,
cry

And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear
blue sky.

And the tears that I cried for that woman are
gonna flood you Big River.

Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die.