[00:05.22]I'll never swim Ker River again.
[00:09.28]It was there that I met her.
[00:13.09]It was there that I lost my best friend.
[00:19.30]And now I live in the mountains.
[00:22.68]I drifted up here with the wind.
[00:29.16]And I may drown in still water,
[00:32.03]But I'll never swim Kern River again.
[00:39.32]I grew up in an oil town,
[00:42.41]But my gusher never came in.
[00:47.16]
[00:49.28]And the river was a boundary
[00:51.65]Where my darlin' and I use to swim.
[00:59.49]One night in the moonlight
[01:02.06]The swiftness swept her live away.
[01:09.93]And now I live on Lake Shasta and
[01:12.18]Lake Shasta is where I will stay.
[01:19.18]There's the South San Joaquin,
[01:21.87]Where the seeds of the dust bowl are found.
[01:27.31]
[01:28.87]And there's a place called Mount Whitney
[01:32.00]From where the mighty Kern River comes down.
[01:34.87]
[01:39.25]Well, it's not deep nor wide,
[01:40.28]
[01:41.78]But it's a mean piece of water my friend.
[01:48.22]
[01:49.24]And I may cross on the highway,
[01:51.32]
[01:51.95]But I'll never swim Kern River again.
[01:55.58]
[01:59.55]I'll never swim Kern River again.
[02:04.55]It was there I first met her.
[02:08.17]It was there that I lost my best friend.
[02:11.55]
[02:14.49]And now I live in the mountains.
[02:17.68]I drifted up here with the wind.
[02:21.29]
[02:24.62]And I may drown in still water,
[02:27.42]But I'll never swim Kern River again.
[02:30.55]
[03:13.47]I'll never swim Kern River again.
[03:17.28]
[03:19.53]It was there I first met her.
[03:22.34]It was there that I lost my best friend.
[03:27.35]
[03:28.47]And now I live in the mountains.
[03:31.28]I drifted up here with the wind.
[03:34.85]
[03:38.22]And I may cross on the highway,
[03:40.53]
[03:41.53]But I'll never swim Kern River again.