Kern River-Merle Haggard

[ti:Kern River] [ar:Merle Haggard] [al:Journey Through Country, Vol. 2 (100 Essential Tracks)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Kern River - Merle Haggard [00:04.86]I'll never swim kern river again [00:08.18] [00:12.71]It was there that I met her [00:14.70] [00:15.48]It was there that I lost my best friend [00:18.19] [00:22.77]And now I live in the mountains [00:25.10]I drifted up here with the wind [00:28.64]And I may drown in still water [00:34.74]But I'll never swim kern river again [00:38.47] [00:42.81]I grew up in an oil town [00:45.19]But my gusher never came in [00:48.43] [00:53.04]And the river was a boundary [00:54.62] [00:55.16]Where my darlin and I used to swim [00:58.07] [01:02.47]One night in the moonlight [01:04.55] [01:05.17]The swiftness swept here life away [01:08.48] [01:12.40]And now I live on lake shasta and [01:15.22]Lake shasta is where I will stay [01:18.02] [01:22.15]There's the south san joaquin [01:23.67] [01:24.61]Where the seeds of the dust bowl are found [01:27.55] [01:31.84]And there's a place called mount whitney [01:34.12]From where the mighty kern river comes down [01:37.51] [01:41.65]Well it's not deep nor wide [01:43.90]But it's a mean piece of water my friend [01:47.21] [01:51.49]And I may cross on the highway [01:53.09] [01:53.81]But I'll never swim kern river again [01:57.16] [02:00.58]Oh I'll never swim kern river again [02:04.09] [02:06.26]It was there that I met her [02:08.04] [02:08.94]It was there that I lost my best friend [02:11.11] [02:15.78]And now I live in the mountains [02:17.96]I drifted up here with the wind [02:21.46] [02:25.40]And I may drown in still water [02:27.20] [02:27.91]But I'll never swim kern river again