Big River

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[Verse 1]
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Now I taught the weeping willow how 
to cry,
And I showed the clouds how to cover
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 up a clear blue sky.
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And the tears that I cried for 
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that woman are gonna flood you Big 
River.
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Then I'm gonna sit right here 
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until I die


[Instrumental]
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I met her accidentally in St. Paul 
(Minnesota).
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And it tore me up every time I heard
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 her drawl, Southern drawl.
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Then I heard my dream was back 
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Downstream cavortin' in Davenport,
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And I followed you, Big River, 
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when you called.

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Then you took me to St. Louis later 
on (down the river).
A freighter said she's been here but
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 she's gone, boy, she's gone.
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I found her trail in Memphis, but 
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she just walked up the block.
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She raised a few eyebrows and then 
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she went on down alone.

[Instrumental]
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Now, won't you batter down by Baton 
Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
Take that woman on down to New 
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Orleans, New Orleans.
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Go on, I've had enough, dump my 
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blues down in the gulf.
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She loves you, Big River, more 
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than me.

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Now I taught the weeping willow how 
to cry,
And I showed the clouds how to cover
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 up a clear blue sky.
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And the tears that I cried for 
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that woman are gonna flood you Big 
River.
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Then I'm gonna sit right here 
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until I die