On the River

Ol' Jebadiah, don't you let me down

You promised me a place from here much better

There's aftermath to them ties and tracks

You're a rail dog

But would you give it all up for me

You said you'd save a dime a day and build a log cabin

Down there by the river

Where we can raise the kids the best there is

Not worry 'bout an arrowhead and quiver

Yeah, this place ain't saving grace

You can't buy more peace than it pays

There's war paint, more blood than there ain't

And there's smoke down there on the river

Ol' Jebadiah, gave it two more years

And he landed a job with the man sellin' off land plots

He buried away the gold he made and he saved enough

To build that home for Mary

Another dime a day kept the wolves away

He made a deal with the tribe

And he hoped the chief would keep it

It all came down to the plan he made

Yeah, there's a fiery grave for the beardless ones

Who need it

Yeah, this place ain't saving grace

You can't buy more peace than it pays

Yeah, there's war paint, more blood than there ain't

And there's smoke down there on the river

Yeah, this place ain't saving grace

You can't buy more peace than it pays

There's war paint, more blood than there ain't

And there's smoke down there on the river

On the river, on the river