Tells the story of the 1972 film Deliverance. Thanks to Russell Mac for the violin and french horn.

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Tells the story of the 1972 film Deliverance.

Thanks to Russell Mac for the violin and french horn.

We're going up to the river
Four guys and two canoes
The locals think we're crazy
But compared to them we're not

I just want to turn around
But soon all of this will be gone
An endless sea of fields
Last chance to see it all before it's damned

Chorus

We drove up to the river
Four guys and two canoes
Just us against the Cahulawasee
If only we knew


Floating down the river
Four guys in two canoes
We're glad we came, we feel like prehistoric men
There's no danger in the woods except for you

Didn't know that we would find
Evil in Paradise
God knows how we passed the test
That finished with an arrow in his chest

Chorus

We tried to run we tried to get away
But the river ran too slow
There's only one way to deliver us
Thank god I brought the bow


Driving home from the river
Lost a guy and one canoe
The locals didn't fare much better
If only they knew

Chorus