Karaoke Track: River by Chely Wright (Chart Buster) - Karaoke Nerds

IN THE STYLE OF
CHELY WRIGHT

KEY OF (E)

TIME 4493

ON A FRIDAY NIGHT
WHERE I GREW UP
THERE AIN'T A WHOLE LOT
YOU CAN DO

THE SAME OL' FACES
THE SAME OL' PLACES
AIN'T NOTHIN' EVER NEW

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THEN WE'D PILE INTO
A COUPLE 0F CARS
AND HEAD OFF
TO OUR FAVORITE SPOT
DOWN TO THE RIVER
WE WENT TO THE RIVER

MY SOPHOMORE YEAR
WAS A CARBON COPY
OF THE ONES
THAT CAME BEFORE

'TIL A NIGHT
IN LATE NOVEMBER
THAT SHDDK US ALL
DOWN TO THE CURE

WE'D WON THE GAME BY
TWENTY POINTS
COULDN'T WAIT

TO CELEBRATE

BUT OUR LEAD CAR
WAS GOIN'
WAY T00 FAST
THEY NEVER EVEN
HIT THE BREAKS
THEY WENT INTO
THE RIVER

DEEP IN THE RIVER

WE BURIED
LAURIE MABREY
IN THE CLOTHES

THAT SHE'D BEEN
WEARIN'

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HER CHEERLEADER
OUTFIT
NEVER LOOKED
30 OUT OF PLACE

THAT SWEATER
AND THAT PLEATED SKIRT
0F BLUE AND WHITE
AND CRIMSON
JUST DIDN'T BELONG
IN THAT SHINY
SILVER CASE

I MOVED HERE
TO NASHVILLE
0N MAY TWELFTH
0F ElGHTY-NINE

AND I STARTED GETI'IM
LETTERS
ONCE A WEEK
FROM THIS FRIEND
OF MINE

I'D GONE TO SCHOOL
WITH CHRISTINE THURO
FROM KINDERGARTEN 0N
SHED SAY
HANG IN THERE
'CAUSE I JUST KNOW
YOU'RE GONNA BE A STAR

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SET OUT FOR THE MARAIS
DES CYGNE
TO TRY TO COOL OFF
BY TAKIN' A SUVIM

THERE'D BEEN A LOT
OF RAIN THAT SUMMER
AND THE CURRENT
WAS T00 STRONG

I HEARD THAT THEY DID
ALL THEY COULD
BUT CHRISTINE
SHE WAS GONE
INTO THE RIVER
SHE DIED THERE
IN THE RIVER

I WAS BAPTIZED
IN THAT SAME WATER
GAVE MY SOUL T0 JESUS
HOW CAN SUCH
A PEACEFUL PLACE
BE FILLED
WITH SO MUCH PAIN

'CAUSE TWO YOUNG
MOTHERS
LOST THEIR DAUGHTERS
RIGHT THERE
FOR NO REASON
I SWEAR I'LL NEVER
GO DOWN THERE AGAIN

BACK TO THE RIVER
THAT MEAN OL' RIVER
THAT BEAUTIFUL RIVER
THAT DAMN OL' RIVER

W ritcen By

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Title: River
Artist: Chely Wright
Brand: Chart Buster
(1 Other Versions)
Code: CB60345-15
Genres: country, country dawn, country rock