Lets take a car to the sleepy river
There 'aint nothing here but the scraps of magazines and wash cloths in the pantry

Dust it dances on a cracked windshield waltz, my head's still full of stories 'bout violins and apple trees

Clear to see the route laid through the haze
Back of satin shirts and cotton candy in my hair

Lets run to the River bank
The scene in books we read

Lets Run to the River bank
The one we stopped to share

There's still time
There's still time

We've all the time




Baby doll let's go we'll take a car to the sleepy river like the one from your schooldays

Short-cut through the tunnel like the blind man in the park singing simple blues to the song he can't remember

They say hard times make idle different days

But don't you worry 'cause I think I've had them anyway

Lets run to the River bank
The scene in books we read

Lets Run to the River bank
The one we stopped to share

There's still time
There's still time

We've all the time




My Miss Alabama caught a shoe onto the ground said 'make the journey sweet, take me to Georgia where our sisters meet '

Tell me secrets that I know won't cost a dime
Where the sun might make off with the spells in the back of the fall

They say good times take back to younger age
But I don't listen as I'm told I had them yesterday


Lets run to the River bank
The scene in books we read

Lets Run to the River bank
The one we stopped to share

There's still time
There's still time

We've all the time




Henry met us at the gasoline store
His charm was countered by the dogs and cheap champagne

Hundred miles and a store into the back
Must've been sleeping when we took on gramps and blushin' sue

Sue she left us with a dozen red roses and a marionette from her daughters' arms

Told us not to worry, 'take the road into the stars' now she sings songs about how the West was won

They say these times can call for better minds
But I don't worry 'cause I still got Jesus on my side

Lets run to the River bank
The scene in books we read

Lets Run to the River bank
The one we stopped to share

There's still time
There's still time

We've all the time





Joy knows the freeway sticks a thumb out for a ride, I sit and wait for Alabama and her secret shame

In the end I think she died in 'sixty-three me and Joy kept-a-waiting 'til the Stars came out to play

They say some times its easier to hide
But not this morning 'cause I think I got another ride

Lets run to the River bank
The scene in books we read

Lets Run to the River bank
The one we stopped to share

Lets run to the River bank
The scene in books we read

Lets Run to the River bank
I hope I'll meet you there

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