River Boy Lyrics - Willie Nelson

RIVER BOY 

WRITER FRED CARTER 

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I was born and raised on the river 

It's the only life that I know 

People 'round here have put a name on me 

And I hear it wherever I go 

They call me river boy, river boy 

Good for nothin' river boy 

This old world don't hold a whole lot of joy 

When you're nothin' but a river boy 

I do a lot of fishin' on the river 

To make my livin' you see 

When I take my catch to the market place 

The people call out to me 

And they say, river boy, hey river boy 

You got any fish today there, river boy 

I sell my ware, but nobody cares 

About the feelin's of the river boy 

There's a pretty girl works at the market place 

I see her there everyday 

But when I try to talk to her 

I can hear her papa say 

Come away from that River boy, he's a river boy 

Nothin' but riff-raff, them river boys 

No girl of mine is gonna waste her time 

On a good for nothin' river boy 

So I head my boat back up the river 

Back to my old fishin' place 

I'm afraid this ol' river's gonna overflow 

From the tears a-fallin' down my face 

I'm nothin' but a river boy, river boy 

A good for nothin' river boy 

This old world don't hold a whole lot of joy 

When you're nothin' but a river boy 

River boy, river boy 

A good for nothin' river boy 

River boy (fade) 

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