Brazos River Blues

Springtime down in Texas
When I love thee best
Is all the pretty flowers
Like my baby's calico dress
Along the Brazos river
She used to walk alone
And at night she'd come back
With a pocket full of stones

Well you know I love my baby
But I made her weep
Oh, that restless water
Stirred trouble down deep
In the Brazos river
My baby disappeared
And if she called my name
I swear I did not hear

Well, summertime comes quickly
The roads are dry and parched
Not a drop of water among us
On your lips, the taste of salt
But the Brazos river
Is always running cold
You can lay your head down
Hear it whisper in your soul

Yea-ee-ee-ee
Yea-ee-ee-ee
Yea-ee-ee-ee
Yea-ee-ee-ee

Well, call my heart an anchor
Call my love a boat
Set me out on a water board
Where you know I could not float
Down the Brazos river
They found my baby's grave
In Brazos the Dios
Where the water meets the shade

Death will come for a stranger
Death will come for your friend
He'll come knocking round my door
I'm afraid I'd let him in
Oh that Brazos river
Beneath the yellow sky
Lay my head down in the water
And hear my baby cry