Preachin’ The Blues Songtext
von David Wilcox

DAVID WILCOX
RIVERBOAT FANTASY


Sittin′ on a riverboat
Havin' a party
Me and my Cajun Queen
She′s turnin' twenty-one on the Mississippi river
Headin' down to New Orleans
The year is 1894
Oh come on mama
And love me some more
Her dark eyes flash
Like a gambler′s rings
She shakes her pretty head and sings
Life for me is a riverboat fantasy
Watchin′the sun go down
A rock and roll band
With a reefer in my hand
Now look at that wheel go around
Cocaine kisses and moonshine Misses
That's the life for me
I′m sailing away from my heartache
On a riverboat fantasy
Can't think, can′t drink
Anymore whisky
I could'a drunk a river dry
Mmmmm... this old boat she′s
Just sittin' in the moonlight
Catchin' the gleam in her eye
Showers of rain come pourin′ down
The sky full of stars
Like a french lace gown
Shimmer, glimmer
I think I′m gonna fall
Whoops catch me mama, that's all
Life for me is a riverboat fantasy
Watchin′ the sun go down
A rock and roll band
With a reefer in my hand
Now look at that wheel go around
Cocaine kisses and moonshine Misses
That's the life for me
I′m sailing away from my heartache
On a riverboat fantasy
Delta sun beats down like a hammer
Mmmm... it gives the low down blues
I've got a cotton gin
I′ll weave and spin
And shake the dust from my shoes
I made my money
I found me a honey
To tickle me under my chin
When mornin' comes
I'll ride into town
And worry ′bout the shape I′m in
Life for me is a riverboat fantasy
Watchin' the sun go down-acap