River Boy - Willie Nelson

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

Good for nothing river boy

This old world don’t hold a whole lot of joy

When you’re nothing but a river boy

I do a lot of fishing on the river

To make my living you see

When I take my catch to the market place

The people call out to me

And they say, river boy, hey river boy

You got any fish today there, river boy

I sell my ware, but nobody cares

About the feeling’s of the river boy

There’s a pretty girl works at the market place

I see her there everyday

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

Nothing but riff-raff, them river boys

No girl of mine is gonna waste her time

On a good for nothin' river boy

So I head my boat back up the river

Back to my old fishing place

I’m afraid this old river’s gonna overflow

From the tears a-falling down my face

I’m nothing but a river boy, river boy

A good for nothing river boy

This old world don’t hold a whole lot of joy

When you’re nothing but a river boy

River boy, river boy

A good for nothing river boy

River boy