I had a love once back in ’59,
She lit my soul like a southern sky.
Time rolled on like a midnight train,
Left me drinking memories, drowning pain.
Her perfume’s still in this old coat I wear,
Her laugh still hangs in the midnight air.
You can’t hold on to a ghost that fades,
I’m just a man with a heart that breaks.
Chorus
I got a river of blues running deep inside,
Carving through the canyons where my old dreams died.
I cry in the shadows, howl at the moon,
Hoping love comes back maybe someday soon.
Verse 2
Tried to outrun it with whiskey and fire,
Played these six strings till my fingers got tired.
But no chord I play can erase her name,
It’s etched in my soul like a burning flame.
I’ve seen the dark, I’ve walked that line,
With the devil in my ear saying “you’ll be fine.”
But I still got hope shining through,
Like a slow sunrise breaking into blue.
Chorus
I got a river of blues, but I still believe,
There’s a love upstream waiting on me.
So I sing with gravel deep in my throat,
Turning pain into fire, fire into hope.
Outro
Yeah, let the river flow, let the pain go slow,
I’ll find a love someday down that road.