i ll never swim kern river again it was there that i met her it was there that i lost my best friend and now i live in the mountains i drifted up here with the wind and i may drown in still water but i ll never swim kern river again i grew up in an oil town but my gusher never came in and the river was a boundary where my darlin and i used to swim one night in the moonlight the swiftness swept her life away and now i live on lake shasta and lake shasta is where i will stay there s the south san joaquin where the seeds of the dust bowl are found and there s a place called mount whitney from where the mighty kern river comes down well it s not deep nor wide but it s a mean piece of water my friend and i may cross on the highway but i ll never swim kern river again i ll never swim kern river again it was there i first met her and it was there that i lost my best friend now i live in the mountains i drifted up here with the wind and i may drown in still water but i ll never swim kern river again i ll never swim kern river again it was there i first met her it was there that i lost my best friend now i live in the mountains i drifted up here with the wind and i may cross on the highway but i ll never swim kern river again
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