Song about a hopeless admirer of a rich girl by a poor river man. He gives up by drowning himself over a waterfall. Backing and vocals by Ken Lee. A Kaverleys creation
Stan loves music, is published (EMI/Capitol), and has experience performing on radio and TV when it was live in the good old days. These days he's just writing
Songwriter of pop, country, inspirational songs. I like to write. I travel a lot to Asia...so my music may have an Asian influence.
Lyrics
River Man
© December 8, 2013 Stan Loh
Verse 1
D
I am a river man,
D
Living by the banks,
D
Yearning long for Marianne,
A
I can hear her singing,
A
Her voice in the wind,
A7 D
All my friends agree I’m in love with Marianne,
D
But she doesn’t know me,
D G
I’m a nobody how could she,
D A7
In my heart there’s a yearning burning,
D
Marianne don’t let me be.
Verse 2
D
Suffer river man,
D
How much can you plan?
D
When a gal like Marianne,
A
Has a hundred calling,
A
With gold and diamond rings,
A7 D
And all you are is just a lonely boatman,
D
Well she doesn’t know you,
D G
You’re the king of the lowly bayou,
D A7
So forget that yearning burning,
D
Marianne will skip by you.
Bridge
Bb
River man, River man
F
Swirling in dreams,
Bb
When are you gonna wake up man?
F D
Never more it seems … it seems.
Verse 3
D
River let me down,
D
Take me to your crown,
D
Where the bull rushes dare not fall,
A
I will meet my dawning,
A
The heavens beckoning,
A7 D
That’s where my dreams come true without a frown,
D
There’s where she will know me,
D G
I’m that somebody in her history,
D A7
That has killed that yearning burning,
D
Marianne will let me be.
