[Verse 1]
My mama run off with a Bible salesman
Daddy didn't come back from the Korean War
My mama's mama took me in
To save me from sin
The kind she says sweet Jesus died for
[Verse 2]
Now one day she said "We're goin' down to [?] River"
Got loaded up in her old Pontiac
"Before the next sunrise
"Gonna get you baptized
"And by the way, your mama ain't comin' back"
[Verse 3]
Now when we get down to the river, a man is in the water
He's like a ghost in a suit of clothes old and gray
There was people standin' 'round
Yeah this Okie is Glory-bound
He raised up his head and he began to pray
[Chorus]
He said "This river runs red
"This river runs red
"This river runs red like Jesus' blood
"We're gonna raise up the dead
"We're gonna raise up the dead
"We're gonna raise up these old bones from the cold cold mud"
My mama run off with a Bible salesman
Daddy didn't come back from the Korean War
My mama's mama took me in
To save me from sin
The kind she says sweet Jesus died for
[Verse 2]
Now one day she said "We're goin' down to [?] River"
Got loaded up in her old Pontiac
"Before the next sunrise
"Gonna get you baptized
"And by the way, your mama ain't comin' back"
[Verse 3]
Now when we get down to the river, a man is in the water
He's like a ghost in a suit of clothes old and gray
There was people standin' 'round
Yeah this Okie is Glory-bound
He raised up his head and he began to pray
[Chorus]
He said "This river runs red
"This river runs red
"This river runs red like Jesus' blood
"We're gonna raise up the dead
"We're gonna raise up the dead
"We're gonna raise up these old bones from the cold cold mud"
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