Waterline Blues by Spring Creek Bluegrass Band Lyrics

Take me down to the waterline
Take me down to the riverside
Where I used to drop a line
Catch all the fish that you can
I hear the grease poppin' in the fryin' pan

I'll stay all day
Stay all night
Go to sleep by the firelight
Wake up with dew in your hair

I could stay out and never come home
But I'd leave my baby here all alone
Well, the cattails dancin' in the Texas creek
Roll up your overcoat, roll up your sleeves
It's a long walk from this side of town
I never tell no-one when I'll be back
Got a fist full of matches and a sleepin' sack

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Got them ol' waterline blues, and I know I'm never gonna lose them
Got them ol' waterline blues

Well the fish they jump right on your line
The sweetest berries ain't hard to find
If you know where to look
Tie that string onto your toe
And go to sleep as the cool wind blows

Well, late in the evening, sun goes down
Hear the river laugh, it's a pleasant sound
Sounds like a lullaby
Take out the bottle and pass it 'round
And anything else that you brought from town
One of these days I'm gonna get up the gall
Tell all you people once and for all
That I'm never comin' home
Tie my lady right to my side and go walkin' on the waterline

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Well, come on baby, won't you go
You're the only thing I need ya know
'cept a fishin hook, and a fishin line
I'll dig up the worms that i find
We can live happy on the waterline

I'll put a flower in your hair, walk along without a care
Five...hundred miles
Don't pay no mind to the clock at all, see time got drunk and it started to crawl
I'll be walkin outta town singin ol' suzanna, got my things tied in a red bandana, I'll be on my way
Maybe I'll be back, maybe I'll stay, waterline gonna wash my blues away
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