album: For the Record - 43 Legendary Hits
album: Yesterdays Wine (1981-88) (2002)
album: Kern River
album: Down Every Road
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I'll never swim Kern River again.
It was there that I met her.
It was there that I lost my best friend.      
And now I live in the mountains.
I drifted up here with the wind.       
And I may drown in still water,       
But I'll never swim Kern River again.

I grew up in an oil town,    
But my gusher never came in.         
And the river was a boundary
Where my  darlin' and I used to swim.

One night in the moonlight
The swiftness swept here life away.
And now I live on Lake Shasta and
Lake Shasta is where I will stay.

There's  the South San Joaquin,    
Where the seeds of the dust bowl are found.
And there's a place called Mount Whitney
From where the mighty Kern River comes down.

Well, it's not  deep nor wide,
But it's a mean piece of water my friend.
And I may cross on the highway,       
But I'll never swim Kern River again

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