Kern River Lyrics - All I Intended To Be - Emmylou Harris

I'll never swim Ker River again. 

It was there that I met her. 

It was there that I lost my best friend. 

And now I live in the mountains. 

I drifted up here with the wind. 

And I may drown in still water, 

But I'll never swim Kern River again. 

I grew up in an oil town, 

But my gusher never came in. 

And the river was a boundary 

Where my darlin' and I use to swim. 

One night in the moonlight 

The swiftness swept her live away. 

And now I live on Lake Shasta and 

Lake Shasta is where I will stay. 

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There's the South San Joaquin, 

Where the seeds of the dust bowl are found. 

And there's a place called Mount Whitney 

From where the mighty Kern River comes down. 

Well, it's not deep nor wide, 

But it's a mean piece of water my friend. 

And I may cross on the highway, 

But I'll never swim Kern River again. 

I'll never swim Kern River again. 

It was there I first met her. 

It was there that I lost my best friend. 

And now I live in the mountains. 

I drifted up here with the wind. 

And I may drown in still water, 

But I'll never swim Kern River again. 

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I'll never swim Kern River again. 

It was there I first met her. 

It was there that I lost my best friend. 

And now I live in the mountains. 

I drifted up here with the wind. 

And I may cross on the highway, 

But I'll never swim Kern River again.