The River Lyrics

Well the river they say is swift like a blade

Up in the north Georgia pines

Jagged with stones, runs deep as the coals

All kinds of secrets to hide

Janet worked hard no kind of reward

To keep her family afloat

A cross that she bore for a family of four

Still dirt poor and no grace for her work

But it rolls down the river

Oh down the river it rolls

Oh it rolls down the river

Oh down the river it rolls

Weekdays she'd dread as her husband would head from the mines straight down to the bars

He'd return home a wreck and keep her in check leaving bruises and all kinds of scars

Night after night she'd put up a fight but the day left her tired and frail

Enough was enough she loaded her gun and made sure she covered her trail

And he rolls down the river

Oh down the river he rolls

And he rolls down the river

Oh down the river he rolls

Talk of the town a body'd been found a few hours down the road

Didn't know who it was all black and blue so what could the constable do

Janet wept by his grave on the funeral day said her lover had died in the mines

But when she tossed in the dirt, she didn't seem hurt and the priest caught her flashing a smile

And it rolls down the river

Oh down the river it rolls

Oh it rolls down the river

Oh down the river it rolls