Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Up the River, artist - Laura Veirs. Date of issue: 09.02.2015
Song language: English
Up the River |
| Billy was a young man gone astray bottle at his lips all night |
| And day mama said they’re gonna send you up the river someday |
| Whiskey ate big holes in billy’s head summer’s day he shot spud murphy dead |
| He said i’m headed up the river as he watched the blood pour red |
| Mama asked lord jesus what to do at the door came knocking boys in blue |
| We’re gonna send him up the river and make him pay his dues ma’am |
| And so she watched him round that riverbend go billy felt a chill pass 'cross |
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| Cold they sent him up the river to turn a young man old |