Willie Nelson — River Boy

[Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 4] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Outro] River boy, river boy A good for nothing river boy River boy