the lines on my father s face ran deep as creek beds on our place and the river ran right through his soul but i know at times it tooks its toll when the crops would flood we lived on fish but never did my father wish to leave the land his life flowed from the river and my dad were one and i m one of the river s own it s current down inside me is strong and it s up to me to carry on cause i m one of the river s own as a kid i watched the river flow yeah i admired the way it rocked and rolled dad was proud i was a river rat but that s where our common ground ended at cause i seen those city lights downstream and they drew me in when i was seventeen i went everywhere that river runs yeah me and that river we were one and i m one of the river s own it s current down inside me is strong and it s up to me to carry on cause i m one of the river s own two years ago dad passed away and i ll never forget that mournful day then a lawyer read me out his will it said son it s time for you to be still then a week ago a government man tried to pay me off to flood our land and i did just what my dad would ve done cause me and that river we are one and i m one of the river s own it s current down inside me is strong and it s up to me to carry on cause i m one of the river s own