Between The River And Me

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[Verse 1]
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I was fifteen when my daddy died,

Momma worked two jobs just to get 
by.

It seemed like a blessing when 
Harley came around,
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So she took his name but I had my 
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doubts.

[Verse 2]
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It didnt' take long for his drinking
 ways

To start showin up on Momma's face

One violent night hiding under my 
bed
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I swore that he'd never see another
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 sunset

[Pre-Chorus]
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  Next day I followed him down to
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 the river bank
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  I knew one of us wouldn't walk 
away

[Chorus]
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I mighta had a plan but he didn't 
know it

I mighta been scared but I didn't 
show it
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  That's all between the river and 
me
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With the current and the rocks it 
could have been risky

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He might have been sober but I 
brought the whiskey
C            G               Am
  And that's all between the river 
and me

[Verse 3]
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I walked up to him and I said his 
name

Just so he could see the look on my 
face

We stood eye to eye and toe to toe
When I told him that he wasn't gonna
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 come back home

[Pre-Chorus]
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   He raised his fist to me but I 
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didn't flinch
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I said-  I ain't your son you son 
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of a bitch

[Chorus 2]
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I mighta had a knife in my back 
pocket

I mighta pulled it out before he saw
 it
C        G               Am
  That's all between the river and 
me
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I mighta had a gun but I didn't fire
 it

He mighta tried to yell but I kept 
him quiet
C        G               Am
  That's all between the river and 
me
C        G               Am
  That's all between the river and 
me

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[Verse 4]
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The sheriff came knockin on our 
front door

Said they found his body by the 
reservoir

Bottle in his shirt, liquor in his 
blood
Must have fallen in the river and he
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 never came up

[Chorus 3]
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Might've been blood but they never 
saw it

Just a little mud on the living room
 carpet
C        G               Am
  That's all between the river and 
me
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But after what he did, no, there 
ain't no wonder

Can't remember how long I held him 
under
C        G               Am
  That's all between the river and 
me
C        G               Am
  That's all between the river and 
me yeah
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  That's all between the river and 
me
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  That's all, that's all.
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