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Kern River

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Kern River

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I'll never swim kern river again

It was there that I met him

There that I lost my best friend

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

He grew up in an oil town

But that gusher never came in

And the river was a boundary

Where my darling and I used to swim

One night in the moonlight

The swiftness swept his life away

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 mt. Whitney

From where the mighty kern river comes down

Now 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

I'll never swim kern river again

It was there that I met him

There that I lost my best friend

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'll never swim kern river again

It was there that I met him

There that I lost my best friend

Now I live in the mountains

I drifted up here with the wind

And I may cross on the highway

But I'll never swim kern river again

No, I'll never swim kern river again

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