Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Missouri River Bridge, artist - Emily Rose. Album song Wake up Brave, in the genre
Date of issue: 17.08.2018
Record label: Emily Rose
Song language: English
Missouri River Bridge |
Between the skyscraper on the prairie |
And where the west begins |
Ironworkers worked on the Missouri River bridge |
He said the profits of the trade were well worth the risk |
We raised five babes you were our sixth |
And each morning I’d watch him go |
My nose against our foggy North Dakota ranch home window |
Your daddy was a builder of many things |
I only wish he would have built himself some wings |
I took a seamstress job in Bismarck after papa took the fall |
Ann looked after you, Joe became the bearing wall |
Had no means for a burial, we were barely keeping fed |
But we can lay these flowers on the Missouri riverbed |
And each morning wake up brave |
If your back’s against a wall that will not budge then leave your love engraved |
Your daddy was a builder of many things |
I only wish he would have built himself some wings |
When you’re forty years old, you’ll receive a telephone call |
This is when you’ll find out the story isn’t true at all |
They’ll say we regret to inform you that your father has just died |
You’ll tell them you already got that news as a little child |
But I could not bare to say |
The only bridge your daddy built was the one he used to walk away |
Your daddy was a builder of many things |
I only wish he would have built himself some wings |
I only wish he could have built himself some wings |