Some of us turn up the lights
and we live in the moonlight shooting by
Some of us scare ourselves to death
in the dark to be where the angels fly
Pretty maids all in a row
lined up outside my cabin door
Except the girl from the Red River Shore
I sat by her side and for a while I tried
To make that girl my wife
She gave me her best advice an d she said
Go home and lead a quiet life
Well I've been to the East
and I've been to the West
And I've been out where the
Somehow I thought I never did get that far
With a girl from the Red River shore
Well, I knew when I first laid eyes on her
One look at her and I knew right away
She would always be with me
Don't know where it is anymore
True to life, true to me,
was the girl from the Red River Shore
Well, I'm wearing the cloak of misery
and I've tasted jilted love
And the frozen smile upon my face
Well, I can't escape from the memory
Of the one I always adore
Of those nights when I lay in the arms
Of the girl from the Red River Shore
Well, we're living in the shadow
Trapped in the fires of time
I've tried not to ever hurt anybody
And to stay out of the life of crime
An d when it's all been said and done
I never did know the score
One more day is another day away
From the girl from the Red River shore
Well, I'm a stranger here in a strange land
But I know this is where I belong
I'll ramble and gamble for the one I love
And the hills will give me a song
Though nothing looks familiar to me
I know I've stayed here before
Once a thousand nights ago,
with a girl from the Red River shore
Well, I went back to see about her once,
went back to stay the night
said they didn't know who
I've had to pull back from the door
I wish I could have spent
With a girl from the Red River shore
who lived a long time ago
A man full of sorrow and strife
That if someone around him
He knew how to bring him on back to life
Or if they do that kind of
Sometimes I think nobody ever
Except a girl from the Red River Shore
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