Brock Zeman - Down By The River mp3 download

Lyrics

Charlie Wright’s life turned out all wrong
It went like the words to a country song
Walking down main with a wino’s swagger
Sucking from a brown bag down by the river
There goes Charlie now wondering what went wrong
His life’s like a guitar that wont keep tune
Covered in dust in some old attic room
Every time you touch it, it seems to get worse
Till you wonder if the whole damn thing ain’t cursed
And the player only knows those old hurting tunes
And down by the river where a bottle of wine
Can’t stop the tears flowing from his eyes
His Mama always told him things will turn out fine
But even mothers at times have been known
To tell little white lies
Sherry was the apple of her Daddy’s eye
And a punching bag after a little sip of rye
She makes a living off a sick man’s fantasy
Wondering up and down main-street
There she goes now trying to find some company for the night
Her life can’t seem to get no worse
She keeps a loaded pistol hidden in her purse
She feels like the star of a long bad dream
Where the current is pulling her down and she can’t do a thing
And every car that pulls up beside her looks like a hearse
And down by the river where a long white line
Can’t stop the tears flowing from her eyes
Her Mama always told her: things will turn out fine
But even Mothers at times have been known
To tell little white lies
One day Charlie was drinking by the riverbank
When he heard something that made his heartstrings break
He looked around for what he could find
And he saw Sherry crying out of two black eyes
He said: hush there darling things ain’t as bad as you think
With the sleeve of his coat he dried all her tears
And said the first tender words she’d heard in years
And as he looked into her two green eyes
He threw away his half drunk bottle of wine
And that was the start of so many happy years
Now down by the river they sit side by side
With tears of laughter flowing from their eyes
Their Mama’s always told them things would turn out fine
And don’t it look like Mama was right.