River Towns

I came in three days early to meet my boat

It ain't the Life of Riley, but it's keepin' me afloat

It's quiet over Christmas if you got no place to go

I got my home from river rats, the only home I know

I find myself a flophouse and I hit the streets at nine

Get some grub and drink a beer, maybe go down the line

These chips'll take your money, shake a young man down

It's the same in every one of these sorry river towns

River towns, sorry river towns

River towns

River towns, sorry river towns

River towns

Well, I picked me up a bottle to take back to the room

And I saw a young girl standin' in a doorway in a gloom

We'd hardly started talkin', the old scenario

And I just let her work me over down by the Ohio

River towns, sorry river towns

River towns

Oh, river towns, sorry river towns

River towns

When I asked her if she'd like to stay

She was down my stairs so quick

I never asked what got her started with the sorry river tricks

So I get the bottle open, but something's hit a nerve

And I'm looking in the mirror at the face that I deserve

River towns, sorry river towns

River towns

River towns, sorry river towns

River towns