Kayaking Up The River

Verse 1

Mud-brown water licking at the hull

I push off from the bank at dawn

Paddle dips and the river hums

Somewhere a whippoorwill is calling

Got a cooler and a fishing line

Sun coming up like a copper coin

Pre-Chorus

Ain't no clock out here to tell me when

Ain't no boss man knocking on my door

Chorus

I'm kayaking up the river

Where the current pulls me slow

Kayaking up the river

Nowhere I gotta go

Just me and the water and the morning light

Kayaking up the river tonight

Post-Chorus

Paddle paddle paddle on

Hold on hold on hold on

Verse 2

Passed the old mill where my daddy worked

Rusty wheel ain't turned in years

Saw a heron standing still as stone

He don't answer when I holler

Cut a sandwich with my pocketknife

River keeps on rolling like it always did

Pre-Chorus

Ain't nobody texting me today

Ain't no worry waiting down the bend

Chorus

I'm kayaking up the river

Where the current pulls me slow

Kayaking up the river

Nowhere I gotta go

Just me and the water and the morning light

Kayaking up the river tonight

Post-Chorus

Paddle paddle paddle on

Hold on hold on hold on

Bridge

Grandpa said a river never lies

Grandpa said a river never lies

It just carries what you give it

And it never says goodbye

Guitar Solo

Chorus

I'm kayaking up the river

Where the current pulls me slow

Kayaking up the river

Nowhere I gotta go

Just me and the water and the morning light

Kayaking up the river

Kayaking up the river

Kayaking up the river tonight

Post-Chorus

Paddle paddle paddle on

Hold on hold on hold on

Roll on roll on roll on

Paddle paddle paddle on