[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [00:00.83]Artist:johnny cash [00:03.22]Title:big river [00:07.46]Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry. [00:12.89]And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. [00:18.21]the And tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you [00:22.24]Big River [00:23.74]Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die. [00:27.67] [00:28.86]I met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota). [00:33.44]And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, [00:37.18]Southern drawl. [00:39.37]Then I heard my dream was back [00:40.86]Downstream cavortin' in Davenport, [00:44.26]And I followed you, [00:45.65]Big River, when you called. [00:46.80] [01:04.85]Then you took me to St. Louis later on (down the river) [01:10.39]A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone. [01:15.76]I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the block. [01:20.79]She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone [01:25.92]Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, [01:28.82]River Queen, roll it on. [01:32.20]Take that woman on down to New Orleans, [01:35.25]New Orleans. [01:37.09]Go on, I've had enough; dump my blues down in the gulf. [01:41.78]She loves you, [01:43.62]Big River, more than me. [01:46.75] [02:02.69]Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry [02:08.18]And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. [02:13.61]And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you [02:17.49]Big River. [02:19.23]Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die.