So me of us turn off the lights and we live
And the moonlight shooting by
Some of us scare ourselves to deat h in the dark
To be where the angels f ly
P retty maids all in a row lined up
Outside my cabin door
I've never wanted any of them w anting me
Except the g irl from the Red R iver S hore
We ll I sat by her side and for a while I tried
To make that girl my wi fe
She gave me her best advice and she said
Go home and lead a quiet l ife
Well I b een to the east and I been to the west
And I been out where the black winds roar
Somehow though I never did g et that far
With the g irl from the Red R iver S hore
We ll I knew when I first laid eyes on her
I could never be fr ee
One look at her and I knew right away
She should always be wi th me
Well the dream dried up a long time ago
Don't know where it is a nymore
True to life true to me
Was the g irl from the Red R iver S hore
Wel l I'm wearing the cloak of misery
And I've tasted jilted l ove
And the frozen smile upon my face
Fits me like a glov e
Well I c an't escape from those memories
Of the one that I'll alw ays adore
All those nights when I lay in the arms
Of the g irl from the Red R iver S hore
Well we're living in the shadows of a fading past
Trapped in the fires of time
I'd tried not to ever hurt anybody
And to stay out of a life of crime
And w hen it's all been said and done
I never did know the s core
One more day is another da y away
From the g irl from the Red R iver S hore
Wel l I'm a stranger here in a strange land
But I know this is where I belong
I'll ramble and gamble for th e one I love
And the hills will give me a song
Though n othing looks familiar to me
I know I've stayed he re before
Once a thousand nig hts ago
With the g irl from the Red R iver S hore
We ll I went back to see about her once
Went back to straighten it out
Everybody that I talked to ha d seen us there
Said they didn't know who I was talk ing about
Well the s un went down on me a long time ago
I had to go back from th e door
I wish I could have spent every hour of my life
With the g irl from the Red R iver S hore
Now I heard of a guy who lived a long time ago
A man full of sorrow and strif e
That if someone around him died and was dead
He knew how to bring 'em on back to life
Well I don 't know what kind of language he used
Or if they do that kind of thing anymore
Sometimes I think nobody saw me here at all
Except the g irl from the Red R iver S hore
