The River Hymn Lyrics

When your arms are empty, got nowhere to go Come on out and catch the show There'll be saints and sinners You'll see losers and winners All kinds of people you might want to know ...Read Full Lyrics

Unfaithful servant, I hear you leaving soon in the morning What did you do to the lady, that she's gonna have to send you away? Unfaithful servant, you don't have to say you're sor...Read Full Lyrics

Julie and little John Tyler lived in the house next door We would be the great triangle and to this we swore Julie was my sweetheart, little John was my cohort And all the wild hor...Read Full Lyrics

Take a silver dollar, put it in your pocket Never let it slip away Always be a man, not a boy gone astray, astray When ya get half crazy from the August heat Or on a frozen, rotted...Read Full Lyrics

There's a legend of a lady on the mountain Lives alone beyond the Mecca plain And with her hands she makes it through the winter She never goes against the grain To be someone is ...Read Full Lyrics

Whooooo Whooooo Ever since time began Man loves a woman Woman loves a man This is the way it was meant to be Through the pages, through the books Of our history You, you, you Who ...Read Full Lyrics

Bessie was more than just a friend of mine We shared the good times with the bad Now many a year has passed me by I still recall the best thing I ever had I'm just goin' down the ...Read Full Lyrics

Yes, I went down to the river on a Saturday morn I was lookin' around just to see who's born I spied a little chicken down on his knees I went up and yelled to him "Please, please,...Read Full Lyrics

She stands on the banks of the mighty Mississippi Alone in the pale moonlight Waitin' for a man, a riverboat gambler Said that he'd return tonight They used to waltz on the banks ...Read Full Lyrics

If I never saw you You'd still live in my dreams Calling out from stages And music magazines If I were a painter You'd be green and gold Carved out of matches But broken out of sto...Read Full Lyrics