Now I met him accidentally in St. Paul Minnesota
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
Well, I pulled into Natchez next day down the river
And the tears I cried for that woman were gonna flood you Big River
Big River, why are you doin' me this way
Yeah, I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry
She raised a few eyebrows and went on down alone
And the tears I cried for that man, they're gonna flood you, Big River
When I left it was rainin', so nobody saw me cry
And I'm gonna sit right here until I die
With the, I've had enough, with my blues down in the gulf
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, rollin' on
I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the bluff
But there wasn't that much to make a rounder stay very long
And it tore me up ev'ry time I heard his drawl as Southern Drawl
Then you took me to St. Louis later on down the river
Yeah, he loves you, Big River, more than me
Yeah, now I'm gonna sit right here until I die, until I die
Well, I'm gonna sit right here until I die
And I followed you, Big River, when you called
And take that man on down to New Orleans, I said, New Orleans
A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone
Then I heard my dream, went back downstream cavortin' in Davenport
