"Cry You A River" lyrics
Benjamin Tod & Matt Heckler Lyrics
Far from the town down in these hills
Where the coyotes call with the whippoorwills
Could you lend to me an ear to tell?
I could cry you a river and get your fill
I killed a man in 85
To Airdrie Hill they drug my hide
By the cold stone wall we worked and died
I could cry you a river from dawn til night
Broth and tack to start each day
And the cart would crash and the mule would bray
My blistered hands would weave and pray
I could cross Green River and get away
A screw would watch from the furnace high
And the hammer's rang in perfect time
A lonely leaf fell from the sky
I could cry me a river to paradise
The winter came and the river swelled
And the days were short and darkness fell
I made my mind to leave this hell
I could cross Green River and live to tell
And the day was dealt to die or run
And the jailer slipped and dropped his gun
And though I fought the current one
I will drown in the river til freedom come
I will drown in the river til freedom come
Where the coyotes call with the whippoorwills
Could you lend to me an ear to tell?
I could cry you a river and get your fill
I killed a man in 85
To Airdrie Hill they drug my hide
By the cold stone wall we worked and died
I could cry you a river from dawn til night
Broth and tack to start each day
And the cart would crash and the mule would bray
My blistered hands would weave and pray
I could cross Green River and get away
A screw would watch from the furnace high
And the hammer's rang in perfect time
A lonely leaf fell from the sky
I could cry me a river to paradise
The winter came and the river swelled
And the days were short and darkness fell
I made my mind to leave this hell
I could cross Green River and live to tell
And the day was dealt to die or run
And the jailer slipped and dropped his gun
And though I fought the current one
I will drown in the river til freedom come
I will drown in the river til freedom come
