i was fifteen when my daddy died momma worked two jobs just to get by it seemed like a blessing when harley came around so she took his name but i had my doubts it didn t take long for his drinking ways to start showin up on momma s face one violent night hiding under my bed i swore that he d never see another sunset next day i followed him down to the river bank i knew one of us wouldn t walk away i mighta had a plan but he didn t know it i mighta been scared but i didn t show it that s all between the river and me with the current and the rocks it could have been risky he might have been sober but i brought the whiskey and that s all between the river and me i walked up to him and i said his name just so he could see the look on my face he stood out a while and told a joke when i told him that he wasn t gonna come back home he raised his fist to me but i didn t flinch i said i ain t your son or the son of a bitch no i mighta had a knife in my back pocket i mighta pulled it out before he saw it but that s all between the river and me i mighta had a gun but i didn t fire it he mighta tried to yell but i kept him quiet but that s all between the river and me but that s all between the river and me ooh the river and me yeah the sheriff come knockin on our front door said they found his body by the reservoir bottle in his shirt liquor in his blood must have fallen in the river and he never came up might ve been blood but they never saw it just a little mud on the living room carpet but that s all between the river and me after what he did lord there ain t no wonder can t remember how long i held him under but that s all between the river and me that s all between the river and me lord that s all that s all between the river and me oh that s all between the river and me yeah