Karaoke Track: Down The River by Chris Knight (Dream Catcher) - Karaoke Nerds

iwas eighteen
my brother was twenty-one
one saturday evening
when all the work was done
we went down to the river.

had some trot lines to run

my brother walter
had a fight the week before
knocked a boy named wilson
through the pool hall door
they said you don't mess with wilson

unless you want a war

we put the boat in the water,

i made the engine run loaded the
lantern against the sinking sun
and my brother walter
was loading his gun

and we went down the river

i made the engine run loaded the
lantern against the sinking sun
and my brother walter
was loading his gun

and we went down the river

Down past the coal docks
we wre running our lines
heard some drunken boaters
racing up behind
it was wilson and his cousin,

they had trouble on their minds

they passed on by us probably going
to tend their pots, we headed up the
river with the fish we'd caught
but before we made the landing,
ithought i heard a shot

back down the river

to tend their pots, we headed up the
river with the fish we'd caught
but before we made the landing,
ithought i heard a shot

back down the river

my brother walter

fell over the side

i couldn't find him
no matter how i tried

and looked along the bank but

i couldn't fmd where they'd hide

they drug the river,
they searched it up and down
couldn't find his body
so they decided that he'd drowned
but i knew better and

wilson bragged around town

right above Wilson's shack i hid in
the woods till i saw him walk out back
i put a bullet in his head
and dropped him in his tracks

and we went down the river

the woods till i saw him walk out back
i put a bullet in his head
and dropped him in his tracks

and we went down the river

down below the trestle
where the water runs slow

i chained him to an anvil

and then i let him go

and five years later

i ain't told a soul

Title: Down The River
Artist: Chris Knight
Brand: Dream Catcher
(1 Other Versions)
Code: DCK536-03
Genres: red dirt, texas country, alt country, americana