Riverboat - Faron Young
Well I spent the better
Part of my life
On a Mississippi riverboat
I used to be known
From coast to coast
As the slickest gambler afloat
I've dealt the cards
From Minnesota to the harbor
In New Orleans
I made a lotta big money
On the riverboat
I loved a lotta pretty
Riverboat queens
Riverboat riverboat
I love your whistle's wail
I wish I was back
On the riverboart
Stead of in the Memphis jail
Oh a big man got on the riverboat
Our last time in St Paul
He had a lotta money
But his luck went bad
And the riverboat won it all
He said I dealt from the bottom
Of the deck and
He pulled a shiny knife
But before that gambler
Lunged at me my fourty
Four took his life
Riverboat riverboat
I love your whistle's wail
I wish I was back
On the riverboart
Stead of in the Memphis jail
Well I might be here
For a many long years
But if I ever get out
I'm gonna head straight
For that levee and get me
Riverboat heading south
Riverboat riverboat
I love your whistle's wail
I wish I was back
On the riverboart
Stead of in the Memphis jail
S tead of in the Memphis jail
