now i taught the weeping willow how to cry cry cry i ve shown the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky and the tears i ve cried over that woman well they re gonna flood you big river and i m gonna sit right here until i die well i met her accidentally in st paul minnesota and it tore me up every time i heard her draw that southern draw then i heard my dream was back downstream in davenport now i followed you big river when you called then you took me to st louis later on down the river freighter said you d been here but she s gone said boy she s gone well i found her trail in memphis but she just walked up the block she raised a few eyebrows then she moved on down the yes she did now i went back down to baton rouge my little queen rollin on take that woman on down to new orleans new orleans go on i ve had enough dumped my blues down in the gulf she loves you big river more than me when i pulled into nachez yesterday down the river you know there s not much there to make you stay very long when i left it was raining so nobody saw me crying big river why s she treating me this way now i taught the weeping willow how to cry cry cry i ve shown the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky and the tears i ve cried over that woman well they re gonna flood you big river and i m gonna sit right here until i die yeah i m gonna sit right here until i die