Gonna Take a Lot of River (Mississippi, Monongahela, Ohio)

Lyrics

I ain't gonna ride no rail or hitchhike down no highway I ain't' going nowhere feeling the way I do Because my baby's long gone and nothings going my way I'm gonna let this muddy water just wash away my blues It's gonna take a lot of river To keep this broken heart afloat Gonna take a lot of river Running all the live long day Gonna take the Mississippi, the Monongahela and the Ohio Gonna take a lot of river To wash these blues away Well, I wish I was tug boat pushing and pulling them barges along Moving on the water with a heart made of iron and steel There wouldn't be no women who could ever take my loving and do me wrong I could work all day with nothing in the world to feel It's gonna take a lot of river To keep this broken heart afloat Gonna take a lot of river Running all the live long day Gonna take the Mississippi, the Monongahela and the Ohio Gonna take a lot of river To wash these blues away Is she in New Orleans Is she a cajun queen I wonder what she's doing now But if I know her she's got rings and furs Struggling along somehow Struggling along somehow It's gonna take a lot of river To keep this broken heart afloat Gonna take a lot of river Running all the live long day Gonna take the Mississippi, the Monongahela and the Ohio Gonna take a lot of river To wash these blues away It's gonna take a lot of river To keep this broken heart afloat Gonna take a lot of river Running all the live long day Gonna take the Mississippi, the Monongahela and the Ohio Gonna take a lot of river To wash these blues away It's gonna take a lot of river To wash these blues away