Laura Veirs — Up The River lyrics
Laura Veirs Up The River lyrics was added to the site 4 Dec, 2006 and since that time has 0 hits and voted 0 times. Other popular Laura Veirs lyrics are: King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O, Jump Down Spin Around and All The Pretty Little Horses.
Billy was a young man gone astray bottle at his lips all nightAnd day mama said they're gonna send you up the river someday
Whiskey ate big holes in billy's head summer's day he shot spud murphy dead
He said i'm headed up the river as he watched the blood pour red
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Mama asked lord jesus what to do at the door came knocking boys in blue
We're gonna send him up the river and make him pay his dues ma'am
And so she watched him round that riverbend go billy felt a chill pass 'cross him
Cold they sent him up the river to turn a young man old
