Muddy River
Version 2 of 3
Donald Ray Tawney
Mstr Recording: Donald Ray Tawney 100%
Publishing: Donald Ray Tawney 100%
Metadata:
Title: Muddy River
Artist: Donald Ray Tawney
Album: Single Song / Not Watermarked / Released 2020
Year: 2020
Genre: Country; Gothic Country
Key Descriptors: Goodbye to Love; Lonely; Ode to Billie Joe Imagery
Lead Vocal: Donald Ray Tawney
Composer: Donald Ray Tawney
Publisher: Donald Ray Tawney
Copyright: Donald Ray Tawney 2020
URL: donaldraytawney.com
Instrumental: Available (Key of F#)
Full Track Length: 4:31
Time Signature: 4/4
BPM: 123
Key: B major
Broadcast Ready: Yes
Studio Instruments:
Acoustic Guitars
Contact Info:
Donald Ray Tawney
URL: donaldraytawney.com
770-490-2741
PRO: BMI
Registered with SoundExchange
Lyrics:
Muddy river, pale moonlight…
I’m up on the bank with my hand on her side.
She says, “Baby, can you feel the heat?”
And I say words that I can’t repeat.
Roll on…muddy river roll on.
Roll on…muddy river roll on.
Riverboat passes slow but sure.
She turns to me; says there ain’t no cure.
“We gonna want this till the day we die,
But we both know we gotta say goodbye.”
Roll on…Muddy river roll on.
Roll on…Muddy river roll on.
Tell me, how do I burn this fire?
How does my heart let go?
And how do I live when she owns my mind,
My body, my soul?
Roll muddy river, roll on.
Take her memory with you.
Take it down to the Gulf of Mexico.
Roll muddy river, roll on.
Take her memory with you.
And flow through me and take her from my soul.
The sun is rising; she’s already gone.
Up by the levee, she singing a song.
She turns to me and waves goodbye.
And I’m damn sure there’s a tear in her eye.
Roll on…muddy river, roll on.
Roll on…muddy river, roll on.
Tell me, how do I burn this fire?
How does my heart let go?
And how do I live when she owns my mind,
My body, my soul?
Roll muddy river, roll on.
Take her memory with you.
Take it down to the Gulf of Mexico.
Roll muddy river, roll on.
Take her memory with you.
And flow through me and take her from my soul.
I say, roll…muddy river roll on.
I say, roll…muddy river roll on.