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john g. mcdaid - down to the river lyrics

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i was born down
in a gadsden county town
so small it barely had a name
my daddy worked nonstop
at my uncle’s body shop
jacking out twisted frames
my momma waited tables
for as long as she was able
prayin’ to get off her feet
my snakebit generation
crawled through public education
and never saw the county seat

i’m goin’ down to the river
down to the river
down to the river to dream
i’m goin’ down to the river
down to the river
down to the river to dream

now i’m livin’ every day
in this world that money made
lost in a forest of deals
driftin’ in disguise through
this cr+ppy 9 to 5
where nothing that matters is real
swinging at the clock
goin into shock
wasted on a sat+rday night
every promise that i hear
is just something else to fear
but i gotta try to keep up the fight
i’m goin’ down to the river
down to the river
down to the river to dream
i’m goin’ down to the river
down to the river
down to the river to dream

and i look up at the highway
as the traffic buzzes by
over the apalachicola
against the evening sky
and i wonder if i’d be a happier man
sipping whiskey in a big beach house down in port saint joe
or if the people like me who gotta work all day
have something those rich folks never know…

the people that i meet
in this journey through white heat
giving up an inch at a time
losing all we’ve got
as we throw away our shot
busted at the scene of the crime
we’re scrambling for a chance
to make it to the dance
when we know that we won’t get in the door
it’s a tournament of pain
for the desperate that remain
and i’m feeling like i’ve been here before
i’m goin’ down to the river
down to the river
down to the river to dream
i’m goin’ down to the river
down to the river
down to the river to dream
i’m goin’ down to the river
down to the river
down to the river to dream
i’m goin’ down to the river
down to the river
down to the river to dream



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