gonna take a lot of river

i ain't gonna ride no rail or hitchhike down no highway

i aint' going nowhere feeling the way i do

because my baby's long gone and nothings going my way

i'm gonna let this muddy water just wash away my blues

it's gonna take a lot of river

to keep this broken heart afloat

gonna take a lot of river

running all the live long days

gonna take the mississippi

the monongahela and the ohio

gonna take a lot of river

to wash these blues away

well

i wish i was a tug boat pushing and pulling them barges along

moving on the water with a heart made of iron and steel

there wouldn't be no women that could ever take my loving and do me wrong

i could work all day with nothing in the world to feel

it's gonna take a lot of river

to keep this broken heart afloat

gonna take a lot of river

running all the live long days

gonna take the mississippi

the monongahela and the ohio

gonna take a lot of river

to wash these blues away

is she in new orleans

is she a cajun queen

i wonder what she's doing now

but if i know her

she's got rings and furs

struggling along somehow

it's gonna take a lot of river

to keep this broken heart afloat

gonna take a lot of river

running all the live long days

gonna take the mississippi

the monongahela and the ohio

gonna take a lot of river

to wash these blues away

it's gonna take a lot of river

to keep this broken heart afloat

gonna take a lot of river

running all the live long days

gonna take the mississippi

the monongahela and the ohio

gonna take a lot of river

to wash these blues away