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lyrics

mother red river, she wind like a copperhead
coils and boils over dennison dam
little white houses, eggs on the rocky bed
i am the sun of the serpent, i am

raised on the river, washed in the blood
blood run thicker than bottomland mud
and the wheel sinks deeper as the years spin 'round
thirty bad summers in tillman county

my uncle little tree dreams of another life
coddles his cattle and he rents his range
holds the fan to the face of his pretty wife
she knows nothin ain't ever gonna change, she was

raised on the river ...

daylight's dragon fence line keeps me workin in this trance
poundin down the bedrock with this rusty lance
we don't stand a chance

chikasha trickster call to the funnel cloud
demon come screamin over wichita falls
lines down, power out, ryan and points south
time and direction don't matter all when you're

raised on the river ...

maybe old moses come and turn this current back
cross me over ever holy and dry
climb me a crooked oak, scar-faced, bible-black
swing this shovel till it cracks the sky, I was

raised on the river ...

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from drum hat buddha (Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer), released June 12, 2001

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Tracy Grammer Greenfield, Massachusetts

Writer. Actor. Storyteller. Singer. Multi-instrumentalist. Former head cheerleader, now a fearless navigator of the heart.

“One of the finest pure musicians anywhere in folkdom.” - Boston Globe

“A brilliant artist.” - Joan Baez

“Her gifts as a musician are like that of a painter who is a master of chiaroscuro, offering light and shadow at every turn.“ - Mary Chapin Carpenter ... more

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