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Artist: Taj Mahal
Canonical path: /taj-mahal/diving-duck-blues
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Diving Duck Blues
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Diving Duck Blues
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If the river were whiskey
I would be a diving duck
If the river were whiskey
I would be a diving duck
I would swim to the bottom but drink to go up
If you were a good woman
I would never have to wander
If you were a good woman
I would never have to wander
I would give up drinking whiskey and I would always stay home
River go to ocean, ocean go to sea
Why aren't you a good woman
A mystery to me
River go to ocean, ocean go to sea
And like a fish has to swim, you have to make a fool of me
If the river were whiskey
I would be a diving duck
If the river were whiskey
I would be a diving duck
I would swim to the bottom but drink to go up
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