Big River Big Man Lyrics - Singles - Claude King

Way down on Mississippi big river 

Came a mighty big man 

He built a town on that river 

And owned everything in that glen 

He fell in love and married a girl 

She was young and mean, and wild 

He tried to tame her but it couldn't been done 

It was too late to Devil's own child 

Big river 

(Keep on growing, growing) 

Big man 

(Keep on growing, growing) 

Big river 

(Keep on growing, growing) 

Big man 

(Keep on growing, growing) 

The love you have for greed and power 

Surely pull you down 

You lose your friends, you lose your soul 

In that darn city to big man's town 

Big river 

(Keep on growing, growing) 

Big man 

(Keep on growing, growing) 

Big river 

(Keep on growing, growing) 

Big man 

(Keep on growing, growing) 

Look down in the water all around you 

Hear the steamboat whistle blow 

Come on big man, get a moving 

You got a long way to go 

Just like a big river 

Big man, you gotta move on and on 

Take your money, keep your dough 

You're gonna be left all alone 

Big river 

(Keep on growing, growing) 

Big man 

(Keep on growing, growing) 

Big river 

(Keep on growing, growing) 

Big man 

(Keep on growing, growing)