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Tell It To The River

from Driven Down Hard by BadgerStatic

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Tell It To The River
Words and Music by Lamb & Watson

When I was young
My father said to me
Grab your fishing pole
There's something you should see
We walked on down that old dirt road
Then we cut down through the reeds
The widest stretch of river
I think I'd ever seen

Let your troubles with the current run
“Tell it to the river”
River don't care about the bad you've done
“Tell it to the river”
The answers will surely come
“Tell it to the river”
Ease your mind for awhile, my son

A man's got to have his place, he said
To get a little piece of mind
Just get yourself a can of worms
C'mon down here, cast your line
It don't matter if they bite or not
Just take yourself a little time
Watch the river roll on by
Feeling free, it ain’t no crime

Let your troubles with the current run
“Tell it to the river”
River don't care about the bad you've done
“Tell it to the river”
The answers will surely come
“Tell it to the river”
Ease your mind for awhile, my son

And when this world becomes too much to bare
I remember that river and find my way back there

He never bragged about being smart
Just spoke the words that were in his heart
That river is old, the river is wise
The swirling eddies hypnotize
When I’m down and can’t come up for air
And this old life ain't been treating me fair
I think of that river running free
Its waters cleanse the doubts from me

Let your troubles with the current run
“Tell it to the river”
River don't care about the bad you've done
“Tell it to the river”
The answers will surely come
“Tell it to the river”
Ease your mind for awhile, my son

And when I’m lost and I’m feelin down.
My father’s advice always brings me around
And when this world becomes too much to bare
I remember that river and find my way back there

credits

from Driven Down Hard, released October 15, 2012
Lyrics: Ken Lamb
Music Composition, Production: RK Watson
Backing Vocals: Julie Healey

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BadgerStatic songs cover a wide range of subject matter and musical style. Conventional blues topics of lost love, addiction and insecurity combine with stinging commentary on our world and the events that are shaping our lives. Abstract and storytelling writing styles relate BadgerStatics take on the complexity and inherit unfairness of our current world. ... more

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