My old man would throw me in the truck
Put a couple flower bed worms in a cup
Didn't say a lot but I learned so much
Down by the river
When I turned ten, my hand let off
Of a pinewood pew to that old rugged cross
Wasn't the Jordan but everyone watched
Down by the river
Sometimes it's high
Sometimes it's low
Might be a little muddy but ain't it kind of funny
It'll wash the dirt off of your soul
And when it's my time
My time to go
Hope the Good Lord's got a house for a sinner
Down by the river
So I can keep watching it roll
Watching it roll
We were too young to buy but somebody had a brother
We'd take that case and a little Marshall Tucker
Drank every damn one of them nights that summer
Down by the river
When you're 17, love's in the air
And you couldn't go here, and you couldn't go there
But I knew her daddy'd never catch her lettin' down her hair
Down by the river
Sometimes it's high
Sometimes it's low
Might be a little muddy but ain't it kind of funny
It'll wash the dirt off of your soul
And when it's my time
My time to go
Hope the Good Lord's got a house for a sinner
Down by the river
So I can keep watching it roll
Watching it roll
There's gonna come a day God's gonna take me
It's tough but I hope somebody can maybe
Pull a few strings so I'm pushing up daisies
Down by the river
Sometimes it's high
Sometimes it's low
Might be a little muddy but ain't it kind of funny
It'll wash the dirt off of your soul
And when it's my time
My time to go
Hope the Good Lord's got a house for a sinner
Down by the river
So I can keep watching it roll
Watching it roll
