Name: Cool River Sands
Duration: 2 min 33 s
Channel: Marlene Palmer 2007
Description: Lyrics by Marlene Palmer Vocal and music by Bodie Dominguez

Cool River Sands

Marlene Palmer

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Lyrics by Marlene Palmer Vocal and music by Bodie Dominguez

acoustic vocal home recorded marlene palmer

Marlene Palmer

Marlene Palmer. Made from Scratch was my first demo album. I'm working on Still Scratchin' now.

I don't really have a "band" . It's just me and my guitar. I've asked a few friends to collaborate with me and these songs are the outcome.

Song Info

Genre

Country • Country General

Charts

Peak #121

Peak in subgenre #41

Author

Marlene Palmer 2007

Rights

Marlene Palmer 2007

Uploaded

November 21, 2007

Track Files

MP3

MP3 2.3 MB • 128 kbps • 2:33

Story behind the song

Story about the girl he left behind while he's seeking fortune.

Lyrics

COOL    RIVER     S ANDS
lyrics   Marlene Palmer   
music:   Bodie Dominguez

He saddled up the big chestnut bay
and rode out the gate before dawn
One more drive for their homestead stake
He couldn’t tell how long he’d be gone
    Just till the job got done

As he left, she watched from the shadows
He wasn’t the kind for good byes
Secret unborn, she walked’ cross the meadows
and sat by the river at dawn
    She wasn’t the kind to cry

Chorus:
And thinks of  the day, he slipped away
from the ropin’ and the hot iron brands
The memory still lingers of his work rough hands
Taking what she offered, there where they lay
In the damp of the cool river sands 

Her mama believes he’ll be along
But her daddy swears he’s moved on
Watching their son play in the cool river sands
She wonders what could have gone wrong
      and why he’s been gone so long

Outro:
The river sands grow ever colder
While his son is another year older
She glances out past the wide open gate
And catches a glimpse of the bay
Coming back through the water,
of the Cool River Sands.

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