River Boy (Original Version)-Willie Nelson

[ti:River Boy] [ar:Willie Nelson] [al:Travelling, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]River Boy (Original Version) - Willie Nelson [00:08.70]I was born and raised on the river [00:11.90]It's the only life that I know [00:15.89]People around here have put a name on me [00:19.14]And I hear it wherever I go [00:21.82]They call me river boy river boy [00:27.52]Good for nothing river boy [00:30.32]This old world don't hold a whole lot of joy [00:33.64]When you're nothing but a river boy [00:39.08]I do a lot of fishing on the river [00:42.71]To make my living you see [00:46.09]When I take my catch to the market place [00:49.96]The people call out to me [00:52.70]And they say river boy hey river boy [00:57.95]You got any fish today there river boy [01:00.77]I sell my ware but nobody cares [01:03.94]About the feelings of the river boy [01:14.93]There's a pretty girl works at the market place [01:18.73]I see her there everyday [01:22.36]But when I try to talk to her [01:26.13]I can hear her papa say [01:28.49]Come away from that river boy he's a river boy [01:34.21]Nothing but riff raff them river boys [01:37.29]No girl of mine is gonna waste her time [01:40.25]On a good for nothing river boy [01:45.42]So I head my boat back up the river [01:49.49]Back to my old fishing place [01:52.70]I'm afraid this ol river's gonna overflow [01:56.35]From the tears a falling down my face [01:59.48]I'm nothing but a river boy river boy [02:04.88]A good for nothing river boy [02:07.70]This old world don't hold a whole lot of joy [02:10.92]When you're nothing but a river boy [02:15.93]River boy river boy [02:19.32]A good for nothing river boy [02:23.16]River boy [02:25.80]A good for nothing river boy