River Boy (feat. Shane Howard)

I was born and raised on the river

It's the only life that I know

People round here have put a name on me

And I hear it wherever I go

They call me river boy, river boy

A good for nothin' river boy

This whole world don't hold a whole lot of joy

When you're nothin' but a river boy

I do a lot of fishin' on the river

To make my livin', you see

When I take my catch to the marketplace

The people call out to me

And they say river boy, hey, river boy

Got any fish today there, river boy?

I sell my wares, but nobody cares

'Bout the feelin's of a river boy

There's a pretty girl, works at the marketplace

I see her there every day

But when I try to talk to her

I can hear her papa say

Come away from that river boy, he's a river boy

Nothin' but a riff-raffin' river boy

No girl of mine's gonna waste her time

On a good for nothin' river boy

So I head my boat back up the river

Back to my old fishin' place

I'm afraid this old river's gonna overflow

From the tears runnin' down my face

I'm nothin' but a, a river boy, river boy

A good for nothin' river boy

This whole world don't hold a whole lot of joy

When you're nothin' but a river boy

This whole world don't hold a whole lot of joy

When you're nothin' but a river boy