Black river blues, My cheatin’ heart’s been torn in two. I’d love to stay with you awhile, But I’ve got to burn one thousand black river miles,
Before I sleep, before I rest. ‘Cause I’ve got two loves burnin’ holes inside my chest, And it’s something you know I gotta do, Before I lay me down to sleep here beside you.
When I get home… When I get home… When I get home…
There’s a two-lane highway in my mind. My heart’s divided by white lines. So what am I supposed to do, When the lane I love is the lane takes me further from you?
And that black river’s callin’ my name, And if I don’t go I know I’ll go insane. And I’ll walk a thousand miles in these worn out shoes, And then I’ll lay me down to sleep here beside you
When I get home… When I get home… When I get home…