R Fines SOCAN
You Can’t Trust That Mean Old River
It’s just like the old folks say
I just can’t help but shiver
when I think back to that day
When it’s pretty and white in the winter
The water’s cold and dark down under
Sheets of ice shatter and splinter
and crack and roar like thunder
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The river’s not safe in the springtime
Take a lesson from the past
The locks and dams are open wide
and the water runs cold and fast
You Can’t Trust That Mean Old River
It’s just like the old folks say
I just can’t help but shiver
when I think back to that day
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You can’t trust the river in the summertime
with it’s deadly undertow
Things disappear with no reason or rhyme
while the water looks calm and slow
Dark clouds roll in in the fall
when the colour changes day to day
I lost my greatest love of all
When the riverboat sailed away
You Can’t Trust That Mean Old River
It’s just like the old folks say
I just can’t help but shiver
when I think back to that day