low tide river gone down got no car to drive into town and the dry wind blows through the cracks in the walls and out in the trees a forgotten bird calls moonlight a silhouette something that i never did get and i remember you daddy when you stood in the door crazy with whiskey and asking for one more too late but not forgotten and the corn keeps growing in the sunshine time runs and the baby keeps crying and i can t keep lying daddy i miss you yes i do frost comes harvest gone i wonder if ill have enough to carry me on and the cold wind blows like a slap on the land sometimes i wonder if our house is gonna stand daybreak comes the first rain neighbours come by to sit and complain and i think of the nights when your feet got cold and you told me that you hoped we would never grow old too late but not forgotten and my life keeps flowing down the river time goes and the babys sleeping and i cant help weeping daddy im hurting yes i am  tugboat on the river bend it must be sam your riverboat friend and i remember the night he called me a tramp back when we were living in the trailer camp dreams go but memories keep today im wishing for a good nights sleep and the only thing that i ever did need was a good mans lovin and a baby to feed too late but not forgotten and the storms keep blowin up the river times gone and the baby keeps growin and i cant help knowin daddy i loved you yes i did too late but not forgotten and the storms keep blowin up the river times gone and the baby keeps growin and i cant help knowin daddy i loved you low tide river gone down got no car to drive into town and the dry wind blows through the cracks in the walls and out in the trees a forgotten bird calls