Between The River And Me Lyrics - Warren Brothers

I was fifteen when my daddy died 

Momma worked two jobs just to get by 

It seemed like a blessing when Harley came around 

So she took his name but I had my doubts 

It didn't take long for his drinking ways 

To start showin' up on Momma's face 

One violent night hiding under my bed 

I swore that he'd never see another sunset 

Next day I followed him down to the river bank 

I knew one of us wouldn't walk away 

I mighta had a plan but he didn't know it 

I mighta been scared but I didn't show it 

That's all between the river and me 

With the current and the rocks it could have been risky 

He might have been sober but I brought the whiskey 

And that's all between the river and me 

I walked up to him and I said his name 

Just so he could see the look on my face 

He stood out a while and told a joke 

When I told him that he wasn't gonna come back home 

He raised his fist to me but I didn't flinch 

I said, "I ain't your son or the son of a bitch, no" 

I mighta had a knife in my back pocket 

I mighta pulled it out before he saw it 

But that's all between the river and me 

I mighta had a gun but I didn't fire it 

He mighta tried to yell but I kept him quiet 

But that's all between the river and me 

But that's all between the river and me 

Ooh, the river and me 

Yeah 

The sheriff come knockin' on our front door 

Said they found his body by the reservoir 

Bottle in his shirt, liquor in his blood 

Must have fallen in the river and he never came up 

Might've been blood but they never saw it 

Just a little mud on the living room carpet 

But that's all between the river and me 

After what he did Lord there ain't no wonder 

Can't remember how long I held him under 

But that's all between the river and me 

That's all between the river and me 

Lord, that's all, that's all between the river and me 

Oh, that's all between the river and me 

Yeah