[00:09.81]Some of us turn off the lights and we live
[00:13.65]
[00:15.40]In the moonlight shooting by
[00:18.91]
[00:20.22]Some of us scare ourselves to death in the dark
[00:25.94]
[00:26.98]To be where the angels fly
[00:31.54]
[00:35.29]Pretty maids all in a row lined up
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[00:40.74]Outside my cabin door
[00:44.90]
[00:46.25]I've never wanted any of 'em wanting me
[00:50.17]
[00:50.96]Except the girl from the red river shore
[00:55.48]
[00:58.98]Well I sat by her side and for a while I tried
[01:04.01]
[01:05.12]To make that girl my wife
[01:08.32]
[01:10.74]She gave me her best advice and she said
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[01:16.00]Go home and lead a quiet life
[01:20.29]
[01:23.55]Well I been to the east and I been to the west
[01:28.79]
[01:29.09]And I been out where the black winds roar
[01:33.51]
[01:34.67]Somehow though I never did get that far
[01:39.07]
[01:39.85]With the girl from the red river shore
[01:44.54]
[01:47.82]Well I knew when I first laid eyes on her
[01:52.98]
[01:54.00]I could never be free
[01:57.85]
[01:59.41]One look at her and I knew right away
[02:03.68]
[02:04.53]She should always be with me
[02:11.64]
[02:12.18]Well the dream dried up a long time ago
[02:17.49]
[02:18.25]Don't know where it is anymore
[02:21.71]
[02:23.59]True to life, true to me
[02:27.72]
[02:28.17]Was the girl from the red river shore
[02:33.90]
[02:36.15]Well I'm wearing the cloak of misery
[02:41.34]
[02:42.31]And I've tasted jilted love
[02:45.90]
[02:47.36]And the frozen smile upon my face
[02:52.79]
[02:53.02]Fits me like a glove
[02:58.39]
[03:00.06]Well I can't escape from the memory
[03:06.23]Of the one I'll always adore
[03:09.92]
[03:11.36]All those nights when I lay in the arms
[03:16.18]Of the girl from the red river shore
[03:20.47]
[03:24.27]Well we're living in the shadows of a fading past
[03:29.85]
[03:30.26]Trapped in the fires of time
[03:34.70]
[03:35.43]I've tried not to ever hurt anybody
[03:39.53]
[03:40.59]And to stay out of the life of crime
[03:45.03]
[03:48.98]And when it's all been said and done
[03:53.45]
[03:54.03]I never did know the score
[03:59.06]
[03:59.33]One more day is another day away
[04:03.36]
[04:04.05]From the girl from the red river shore
[04:09.84]
[04:12.09]Well I'm a stranger here in a strange land
[04:17.75]
[04:18.13]But I know this is where I belong
[04:23.07]I'll ramble and gamble for the one I love
[04:28.26]And the hills will give me a song
[04:33.67]
[04:36.01]Though nothing looks familiar to me
[04:43.43]I know I've stayed here before
[04:47.30]
[04:47.54]Once a thousand nights ago
[04:52.27]With the girl from the red river shore
[04:57.46]
[05:01.00]Well I went back to see about her once
[05:06.31]Went back to straighten it out
[05:10.99]
[05:11.38]Everybody that I talked to had seen us there
[05:16.01]Said they didn't know who I was talking about
[05:24.16]Well the sun went down on me a long time ago
[05:30.28]I've had to pull back from the door
[05:35.35]
[05:35.59]I wish I could have spent every hour of my life
[05:40.08]
[05:40.23]With the girl from the red river shore
[05:45.29]
[05:47.83]Now I heard of a guy who lived a long time ago
[05:52.79]
[05:53.56]A man full of sorrow and strife
[05:57.80]
[05:58.25]That if someone around him died and was dead
[06:03.07]
[06:03.54]He knew how to bring 'em on back to life
[06:10.99]
[06:12.06]Well I don't know what kind of language he used
[06:16.41]
[06:16.69]Or if they do that kind of thing anymore
[06:20.66]
[06:22.06]Sometimes I think nobody ever saw me here at all
[06:26.61]
[06:26.93]Except the girl from the red river shore
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