Gonna Take A Lot Of River Song Lyrics and Chords by The Oak Ridge Boys
Gonna Take A Lot Of River
Recorded by the Oak Ridge Boys
Written by Mark Henley and John Kurhajetz
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I ain't gonna ride no rail or hitchhike down no
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I aint' going nowhere feeling the way I
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Because my baby's long gone and nothings going
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I'm gonna let this muddy water just wash away my
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blues
Gonna take a lot of river to keep this broken
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heart
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Gonna take a lot of river running all the live long
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day
Gonna take the Mississippi the Monongahela and the
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Gonna take a lot of river to wash these blues
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away
Well I wish I was tug boat pushing and pulling them barges
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Moving on the water with a heart made of iron and
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There wouldn't be no woman that could ever
Take my loving and do me
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wrong
I could work all day with nothing in the world to
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feel
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Is she in
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New Orleans is she a
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wonder what she's doing
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now
But if
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I know her she's got
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rings and furs
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Struggling along some
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how
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Gonna Take A Lot Of River?
- The song Gonna Take A Lot Of River was sang by The Oak Ridge Boys.
Who is The Oak Ridge Boys?
- The Oak Ridge Boys is an American country and gospel vocal quartet. The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s. Their name was changed to the Oak Ridge Boys in the early 1960s, and they remained a gospel group until the mid-1970s, when they changed their image and concentrated on country music.The lineup which produced their most well-known country and crossover hits (such as "Elvira" (1981), "Bobbie Sue" (1982), and "American Made" (1983) consists of Duane Allen (lead), Joe Bonsall (tenor), William Lee Golden (baritone), and Richard Sterban (bass). Golden and Allen joined the group in the mid-1960s, and Sterban and Bonsall joined in the early 1970s. Aside from an eight-year gap (1987-95) when Golden left the group and was replaced, this lineup has been together since 1973 and continues to tour and record.
