Emmylou Harris – Kern River Lyrics  Share

From Emmylou Harris's album: All I Intended To Be

(Merle Haggard)

I^,ll never swim Ker River again.
It was there that I met her.
It was there that I lost my best friend.
And now I live in the mountains.
I drifted up here with the wind.
And I may drown in still water,
But I^,ll never swim Kern River again.

I grew up in an oil town,
But my gusher never came in.
And the river was a boundary
Where my darlin^, and I use to swim.

One night in the moonlight
The swiftness swept her live away.
And now I live on Lake Shasta and
Lake Shasta is where I will stay.

There^,s the South San Joaquin,
Where the seeds of the dust bowl are found.
And there^,s a place called Mount Whitney
From where the mighty Kern River comes down.
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Well, it^,s not deep nor wide,
But it^,s a mean piece of water my friend.
And I may cross on the highway,
But I^,ll never swim Kern River again.

I^,ll never swim Kern River again.
It was there I first met her.
It was there that I lost my best friend.
And now I live in the mountains.
I drifted up here with the wind.
And I may drown in still water,
But I^,ll never swim Kern River again.

I^,ll never swim Kern River again.
It was there I first met her.
It was there that I lost my best friend.
And now I live in the mountains.
I drifted up here with the wind.
And I may cross on the highway,
But I^,ll never swim Kern River again.
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