Story Behind The Song
i have friends like these people ... and seeing them grow old happy makes me proud of them.
Song Description
about high school sweethearts who defy the odds
| Song Length |
5:00 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Subject |
General, Age, Aging |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
CROW RIVER
grew up on the same block in a dusty midwest town/walked to school and they hung out at the pool ?til the sun went down/he noticed her in seventh grade/she?d noticed him all along/he finally got the nerve one day and he asked her to the junior prom/now she?d have to put off those out of state college plans/he could sell insurance, maybe share an office with his old man/graduation day, her best friend debbie hit the road like a light/julie hit the justice of the peace tryin? to make things right/down by the old crow river/bought themselves a house out on the old brewery road/in thirty years if all went well they?d have a place to call their own/ten year reunion, debbie flew back to town again/julie couldn?t help but thinkin? ?bout the way things might?ve been/kids have all moved on now, where have the years all gone?/finally gonna take that cruise they?ve been talkin? about for so long/thirty year reunion, debbie says she?s moving back home/he left her half of nothin?/now she?s growin? old all alone/down by the old crow river/sunday afternoons she likes to spend alone with her memories/you can see her planting flowers out underneath an old oak tree/she buried him last summer/he smiled at her before he went/now she looks through all the photographs/she can?t find no regret/down by the old crow river/underneath the bleachers on a friday night/he swore his love to her forver/put the trigger down to the floor, baby hold on tight