Down by the river on a Friday night A pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight Talking 'bout cars and dreaming 'bout women Never had a plan just a livin' for the minute Yeah way down yonder on the Chattahoochee Never knew how much that muddy water meant to

Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was Down by the river on a Friday night A pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight Talking 'bout cars and dreaming 'bout women Never had a plan just a livin' for

Every path has lead me back to you Down by the river by the light of the moon I feel the echo of your current in my core as I roam As I roam, as I roam, as I roam, as I roam My little darlin' I know of restlessness All the back roads, all the highways