05. RIVER SINGS THE BLUES

RIVER SINGS THE BLUE

Born at a bend,
a bend in the river
a bend in the river
a bend in the river
born at a bend,
a bend in the river
a bend where the river sings the
blues

When the bow breaks
mama didn’t catch him
she wasn’t there fetch him
daddy wasn’t ready
when the bow breaks by a
bend in the river
a bend where the river sings the
blues

baptist woman taught him ‘bout
apocalyptic visions
he’s still gottem with him
the sergeant tried to drown him
but the maids of mercy found him
by a bend in the river
a bend where the river sings the
blues

All those nights
where he would sit and listen
to the river hissin’
until the morning glistened
and he learned the song so well
now he wails by the river
at a bend where the river sings the
blues

Mama’s on the other side
of a very thin wall
in a midnight crawl
the wall begins to howl
and it gets under your skin
by a bend in the river
a bend where the river sings the blues

skeletons are rattling
all in his dreams
they say that one of his eyes can see
into eternity
where the mud is churning by a
bend in the river
a bend where the river sings the
blues

All those nights
where he would sit and listen
to the river hissin’
until the morning glistened
and he learned the song so well
now he wails by the river
at a bend where the river sings the
blues

he’s singing his songs
and strumming his strings
and the songs he sings
are full of mockingbird wings
and his shadow is a glowing
‘neath the poet tree that’s growing
at a bend where the river sings the
blues