Eric Andersen

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Old man go to the river
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To drop his bale of woes
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He could go if he wanted to
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It's just a boat to row you know listen to me now
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Blue River keep right on rollin
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All along the shore line
Bb C7 F C Dm
Keep us safe from the deep and the dark
Bb F Bb F
Cause we don't want to stray too far
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Spent the day with my old dog Mo
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Down an old dirt road
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What he's thinking lord I don't know
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But for him bet the time must go so slow
G
Don't you know
F Bb F C
Blue River keep right on rollin
A7 Dm F7
All along the shore line
Bb C7 F C Dm
Keep us safe from the deep and the dark
Bb F Bb F
Cause we don't want to stray too far

Harmonica break


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Young Rob stands with his ax in his hand
C A7 Dm F7
Believin that the crops are in
Bb G F Dm
Fire wood stacked ten by ten
Bb G
For the wife the folks the kids
F Dm G7
All of the kin and a friend listen to me now
F Bb F C
Blue River keep right on rollin
A7 Dm F7
All along the shore line
Bb C7 F C Dm
Keep us safe from the deep and the dark
Bb F Bb F
Cause we don't want to stray too far

Florentine she's been
around the world and back again
A heart as light as wings
made of sky, made of wind and things
She keeps things you don't know
She shows things you don't show
She never wants to see you alone

Something in her smile
tells you she will stay awhile
Something in her style
shines and sets the sun on fire
Every time she's near
is like music to your ears
before you rise she waits
inside your eyes

Chorus:
If she were to say those words
would you understand
Wouldn't it be easier
to let her take your hand
Love's the song I sing
Song to Florentine

Florentine she leaves
a trail of misty make-believe
You know she holds the key
and you follow her to mysteries
There's hidden things inside
she leaves for you to find
To unlock the road you must
say please

Love's the song I sing
Song to Florentine
Love, love must be the song
Song to Florentine

Sitting here forgotten like
A book upon a shelf
No one there to turn the page
You're left to read yourself
Alone to sit and wonder just how the story ends
Cause no-one ever told you child
You gotta be your own best friend

Sunny days cloudy days
Always seem the same
If love were made of clouds I
Almost wish that it would rain
Even when the skies are clear
The weather's always blue
Every day would be nice If I had
Someone I could come home to

Love is it really love at all
Or something that I heard love called
Something that I heard love called

Now life can sometimes slip away
And love can pass you by
If only it had been another place another time
Maybe there'll be someone who likes to see you smile
Who will want to stay with you
And be your friend for a little while
Then wake up in the morning
Feeling so alive
Something you can hold on to
Not a shadow by your side
I guess that there'll be time to talk
Of things that we've been through
That special time when all is real
To feel reborn when love is new

Love is it really love at all
Or something that I heard love called
Something that I heard love called

Then sundown comes around again
You find yourself alone
Wander through a sea of eyes but always on your own
Was it really all you thought that it was suppose to be
Or are you just another face
In someone's fading memory

Love is it really love at all
Or something that I heard love called
Something that I heard love called

Just a smile sit down awhile
with her feathers and her brandy
we're just movin' how ya' doin'
how ya' doin' daddy
come on honey this one goes on mine

Pearl you know she could steal the show
get ya' feelin' crazy
get it on with you all night long
and make you feel amazing

Rag Mamma rag
ya' got me off my feet
my heart just skipped a beat
won't you rag Mamma rag ... Mamma

Feathers flyin', she lookin' fine
she just feelin' dandy
she got her man and she holdin' hands
and she just called him ??Pappy??
and she can sing the blues
right off your mind

Pearl you know she could steal the show
if she gets the notion
rockin' on with ya' all night long
man, she got some locomotion

Rag Mamma rag
kick away my blues
I just kicked off my shoes
won't you rag Mamma rag

Her eyes are wide
she's runnin' scared
was it something she was seeing
but in a flash
then it passed
to somethin' she was needin'
or was it something she was
feeling at the time
something she was
feeling at the time

Dm F G Bb
Old man go to the river
C A7 Dm F7
To drop his bale of woes
Bb G F Dm
He could go if he wanted to
Bb G7 F Dm G7
It's just a boat to row you know listen to me now
F Bb F C
Blue River keep right on rollin
A7 Dm F7
All along the shore line
Bb C7 F C Dm
Keep us safe from the deep and the dark
Bb F Bb F
Cause we don't want to stray too far
Dm F G Bb
Spent the day with my old dog Mo
C A7 Dm F7
Down an old dirt road
Bb G F Dm
What he's thinking lord I don't know
Bb G F Dm
But for him bet the time must go so slow
G
Don't you know
F Bb F C
Blue River keep right on rollin
A7 Dm F7
All along the shore line
Bb C7 F C Dm
Keep us safe from the deep and the dark
Bb F Bb F
Cause we don't want to stray too far

Harmonica break


Dm F G Bb
Young Rob stands with his ax in his hand
C A7 Dm F7
Believin that the crops are in
Bb G F Dm
Fire wood stacked ten by ten
Bb G
For the wife the folks the kids
F Dm G7
All of the kin and a friend listen to me now
F Bb F C
Blue River keep right on rollin
A7 Dm F7
All along the shore line
Bb C7 F C Dm
Keep us safe from the deep and the dark
Bb F Bb F
Cause we don't want to stray too far