Big River Songtext
von Stoneground

Well, I taught the weeping willow how to cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover
How to cover up one of these here clear blue skies, yeah
And the tears that I cried for that woman
They′re about to flood you, look out, big river
Yeah, and I'm gonna sit right here and laugh until I die, yeah

Follow big river, big river when you call
Follow big river, big river

Ah well, I met her accidentally, accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota
And it tore me up, just tore me up
Every time I heard her drawl, that Southern drawl, yeah
Ah, then I heard my dream was back downstream
Of old Davenport
Yeah, and I follow you, big river, when you call

Follow big river, big river when you call
Follow big river, big river


Yeah, then I, she took me later on to St. Louis, down the river
A freighter said, said she′s been here
Ooh yeah, she's been here but she's gone, boy, ah she′s gone
Ah well, I just picked up her trail in Memphis
Ah but you see she just walked up the block
She raised a few eyebrows and then she, she went on down alone

Now won′t you batter down, batter down to Baton Rouge, yeah
River Queen, oh, roll it on
You got to take that woman, take that woman
Take that woman on down to New Orleans, yeah, New Orleans
Oh, go on, I've had enough
Yeah, you can dump my blues, hey, and dump ′em in the Gulf
'Cause you see it seems to me she loves you, big river
Way more than me

Follow big river, big river when you call
Follow big river, big river
Follow big river, big river when you call
Follow big river, big river

That′s right, I taught, I taught the
Weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry
And I showed the clouds, showed the clouds how to cover
Up one of these here clear blue skies
Yeah, and the tears that I cried for that woman, mmm
They're about to flood you, look out, big river
′Cause I'm gonna sit right here 'til I die


Follow big river, big river when you call
Follow big river, big river
Follow big river, big river when you call
Follow big river, big river