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

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

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