Riverboat Fantasy Lyrics - David Wilcox

Sittin' on a riverboat havin' a party 

Me and my Cajun Queen 

She's turnin' twenty-one on the Mississippi river 

Headin' down to New Orleans 

The year is 1894 

Oh, come on mama, and love me some more 

Her dark eyes flash like a gambler's rings 

She shakes her pretty head and sings 

Life for me is a riverboat fantasy 

Watchin' the sun go down 

A rock and roll band with a reefer in my hand 

Now look at that wheel go around 

Cocaine kisses and moonshine misses 

That's the life for me 

I'm sailing away from my heartache 

On a riverboat fantasy 

Can't think, can't drink anymore whiskey 

I could've drunk a river dry, this old boat 

She's just sittin' in the moonlight 

Catchin' the gleam in her eye 

Showers of rain come pourin' down 

The sky full of stars like a French lace gown 

Shimmer, glimmer, I think I'm gonna fall 

Woops, catch me mama, that's all 

Life for me is a riverboat fantasy 

Watchin' the sun go down 

A rock and roll band with a reefer in my hand 

Now look at that wheel go around 

Cocaine kisses and moonshine misses 

That's the life for me 

I'm sailing away from my heartache 

On a riverboat fantasy 

Delta sun beats down like a hammer 

It gives the low down blues 

I've got a cotton gin, I'll weave and spin 

And shake the dust from my shoes 

I made my money, I found me a honey 

To tickle me under my chin 

When morning comes, I'll ride into town 

And worry about the shape I'm in 

Life for me is a riverboat fantasy 

Watchin' the sun go down 

A rock and roll band with a reefer in my hand 

Now look at that wheel go around 

Cocaine kisses and moonshine misses 

That's the life for me, yes, it is 

I'm sailing away from my heartache 

On a riverboat fantasy