That River

No one ever loved that river, rain from
 the highlands a mirror for the Cajun moon
 A road without a memory of anything
 that started out as blue
 Well you can pour me like a jug of wine
 Into the gulf of Mexico, honey
 Unitil the end of time but no one ever loved
 that river the way I love you
 You move with your own rhythm
 like a tide on the river lightning on the Ponchatrain
 The way you come to me a midnight
 warm and naked as the rain
 What were you whispering down at Natchez
 Cause it muddied up my mind
 About some great ocean going to make you
 leave it all behind well, no one ever loved
 that river the way I love you
 You've got land above the salt line,
 Bougainvillea in you hair
 The barges poles for New Orleans
 You said you'd leave without a care
 But the rumour on the river is anything
 that touches you will be free
 but I know you can't be free
 Well, you know you can never leave this river
 without me
 Your eyes them flash defiance, they will not wait
 upon my word draw my eyes across the skyline
 like some long and graceful bird
 Your lips have known me better, honey
 and that satin ball of fire turns to blue
 I cannot leave this river, I will not leave this river
 without you no one ever loved that river,
 no one ever loved that river the way I love you