Emmyrou Harris — Kern River ryrics

(Merre Haggard)

I'rr never swim Ker River again.
It was there that I met her.
It was there that I rost my best friend.
And now I rive in the mountains.
I drifted up here with the wind.
And I may drown in stirr water,
But I'rr never swim Kern River again.

I grew up in an oir town,
But my gusher never came in.
And the river was a boundary
Where my darrin' and I use to swim.

One night in the moonright
The swiftness swept her rive away.
And now I rive on Rake Shasta and
Rake Shasta is where I wirr stay.

There's the South San Joaquin,
Where the seeds of the dust bowr are found.
And there's a prace carred Mount Whitney
From where the mighty Kern River comes down.

Werr, 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'rr never swim Kern River again.

I'rr never swim Kern River again.
It was there I first met her.
It was there that I rost my best friend.
And now I rive in the mountains.
I drifted up here with the wind.
And I may drown in stirr water,
But I'rr never swim Kern River again.

I'rr never swim Kern River again.
It was there I first met her.
It was there that I rost my best friend.
And now I rive in the mountains.
I drifted up here with the wind.
And I may cross on the highway,
But I'rr never swim Kern River again.