Between The River And Me

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[Verse 1]
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I was fifteen when my daddy died,

Momma worked two jobs just to get by.

It seemed like a blessing when Harley came around,
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So she took his name but I had my doubts.

[Verse 2]
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It didnt' take long for his drinking ways

To start showin up on Momma's face

One violent night hiding under my bed
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I swore that he'd never see another sunset

[Pre-Chorus]
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  Next day I followed him down to the river bank
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  I knew one of us wouldn't walk away

[Chorus]
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I mighta had a plan but he didn't know it

I mighta been scared but I didn't show it
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  That's all between the river and me
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With the current and the rocks it could have been risky

He might have been sober but I brought the whiskey
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  And that's all between the river and me

[Verse 3]
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I walked up to him and I said his name

Just so he could see the look on my face

We stood eye to eye and toe to toe
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When I told him that he wasn't gonna come back home

[Pre-Chorus]
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   He raised his fist to me but I didn't flinch
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I said-  I ain't your son you son of a bitch

[Chorus 2]
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I mighta had a knife in my back pocket

I mighta pulled it out before he saw it
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  That's all between the river and me
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I mighta had a gun but I didn't fire it

He mighta tried to yell but I kept him quiet
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  That's all between the river and me
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  That's all between the river and me

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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The sheriff came knockin on our front door

Said they found his body by the reservoir

Bottle in his shirt, liquor in his blood
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Must have fallen in the river and he never came up

[Chorus 3]
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Might've been blood but they never saw it

Just a little mud on the living room carpet
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  That's all between the river and me
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But after what he did, no, there ain't no wonder

Can't remember how long I held him under
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  That's all between the river and me
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  That's all between the river and me yeah
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  That's all between the river and me
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  That's all, that's all.