Name: Rio and Red
Duration: 4 min
Channel: James Watson
Description: "Rio and Red" is a song by James Watson. Country waltz about living and loving in the Lone Star State

Rio and Red

James Watson

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Country waltz about living and loving in the Lone Star State

pop rock blues country

James Watson

Through It All an album by JAMES WATSON. James is a unique artist with his own style, who makes any song he sings his own, whether he writes the song or not.

I'm a singer songwriter musician performing in and around the Fredericksburg, Texas area and have just released a country blues cd entitled "Through It All." My Pad: Fredericksburg, Texas

Song Info

Genre

Country • Country General

Charts

Peak #89

Peak in subgenre #27

Author

James Watson

Rights

Starbound Publishing 2009

Uploaded

July 03, 2009

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.7 MB • 128 kbps • 4:00

Story behind the song

I wanted to write a song about the Lone Star State for Texans or people who love the state and I wanted them to realize the song was about Texas without ever saying Texas in the lyrics.

Lyrics

Rio and Red
                            Written by James Watson
                            Copyright (c) Starbound Publishing Co.

I've been all around
I've traveled around
but the best place I've seen
was coverin' ground
from the Panhandle down
and over to the Sabine
It'll always be home
in my heart and my head
now you're sure to find me
somewhere between
the Rio and Red

She was barely eighteen
she was still in her teens
when I took a fall
for a Hill Country queen
with boots and blue jeans
and a soft downhome drawl
I said, " Come stay with me,
Won't you please marry me
and sleep in my bed"
She said, " Well, I'm pretty keen,
if we can live in between
the Rio and Red."

When the Lord sets me free,
When the Lord calls on me
When I am dead
Tell 'em "Please bury me,
Somewhere between,
the Rio and Red."