Big River Lyrics - One From The Vault (live) - Grateful Dead

Well I taught that weeping willow how to cry cry cry, 

Taught the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. 

Tears I cried for that woman are gonna flood you big river, 

And I'm a gonna sit right here until I die. 

I met her accidentally in st. Paul, Minnesota, 

She tore me up everything I heard her drawl, that southern drawl. 

Well I heard my dream went back downstream, cavortin' in davenport, 

And I follow you big river when you called. 

Well I followed her down to st. Louie, later on down the river, 

Trader said she's been here, but she's gone, boy, she's gone. 

Well I followed her down to Memphis, but she just walked off the bus, 

She raised a few eyebrows and she went on down alone. 

Well I've gotten on down to baton rouge, river queen roll on, 

Take that woman down to New Orleans, New Orleans. 

I give up, I've had enough, followed my blues on down to the gulf, 

She loves you big river more than me.