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John Hartford - Watching the River Go By lyrics
Watchin the river go by Watchin the river go by Watchin the river go by in the evening Watchin the river go by Watchin the river go by Watchin the river go by in the evening He was an old bachelor who never married She was an old maid who never married either He was an old school teacher who lived all alone And she lived next door and she lived alone too They'd known each other for all of their lives They played together when they were little kids They both were a'livin in the houses they grew up in On the banks and facin' the ohio river And they're Watchin the river go by Watchin the river go by Watchin the river go by in the evening Watchin the river go by Watchin the river go by Watchin the river go by in the evening In the long evenings of their middle age He'd either go to her house or she'd go to his And they'd sit on the porch side by side completely naked Never touchin' never ever even as much as holdin' hands And they'd Watch the river go by Watch the river go by They was a'watchin the river go by in the evening And they watched the river go by Watchin the river go by Watchin the river go by in the evening He knew all the boats and who was in the crew She'd listen to old stories that she'd heard so many times His daddy'd been a captain of a steamboat on the river That was long ago in his memory And they were Watchin the river go by Watchin the river go by Watchin the river go by in the evening Watchin the river go by Watchin the river go by Watchin the river go by in the evening And the sweet river breeze played around their knees And caressed ever tightly their skin And sometimes they'd sit for an hour or so Or sometimes 'til way past 10 Just watchin the river roll by Watchin the river roll by Watchin the river roll by in the evening Watchin the river roll by Watchin the river go by Watchin the river go by in the evening They didn't do this in the dead of winter And they didn't do it in the dead of summer either Cause they didn't want to freeze or get bitten by mosquitos But some nights it'd be just right and she'd show up in her bathrobe And they'd sit in the dark and just Watch the river roll by Watchin the river roll by Watchin the river roll by in the evening Watchin the river roll by Watchin the river roll by Watchin the river roll by in the evening Watchin the river go by Watchin the river go by Watchin the river go by in the evening |
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