Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Dead on the River (Rolling Down), artist - Ian Noe. Date of issue: 30.05.2019
Record label: Thirty Tigers
Song language: English
Dead on the River (Rolling Down) |
| Mary almost made it to twenty-nine |
| The mother of an orphan and a friend of mine |
| Painted up with high heels on her feet |
| Making what she could from this filthy street |
| Dead on the river yesterday |
| Been gutted like some varmint, so they say |
| With a tangled rope around her, she was bound |
| Dead on the river, rolling down |
| Well, I was quotin' scripture at an early age |
| The old man ruled his household in a gospel rage |
| Up and down our hallway, the Bible spilled |
| Left behind a sinner in the mill and field |
| Dead on the river yesterday |
| I don’t know how much longer that I can stay |
| They’re saying now there were two more bodies found |
| Dead on the river, rolling down |
| The Feds are in their best suits, pulling rank |
| Scattered out with their bloodhounds along the bank |
| And the city lights, they flicker on the one-lane bridge |
| The siren echoes bouncing along the ridge |
| Dead on the river yesterday |
| I need a flood to wash my sins away |
| Like an ancient hickory, twisted, turning brown |
| Dead on the river, rolling down |