On The River

Ol' Jebediah, don't you let me down

You promised me a place from here much better

There's aftermath, to them ties and tracks, you're a rail dog

But would you give it all up for me?

You said you'd save a dime a day

And build a log cabin down there by the river

Where we can raise the kids the best there is

Not worry 'bout your arrowhead and quiver

Yeah, this place ain't saving grace

You can't buy more peace than it pays

There's war paint, more blood than there ain't

And there's smoke down there on the river

Ol' Jebediah gave it two more years

And he's landed a job with the man selling off land plots

He buried away the gold he made

And he saved enough to build that home for Mary

Another dime a day kept the wolves away

Made a deal with the tribe and he hoped the chief would keep it

It all came down to the plan he made

Yeah there's a fiery grave for the beardless ones

Who need it

Yeah, this place ain't saving grace

You can't buy more peace than it pays

There's war paint, more blood than there ain't

And there's smoke down there on the river

On the river

Yeah, this place ain't saving grace

You can't buy more peace than it pays

There's war paint, more blood than there ain't

And there's smoke down there on the river

On the river

On the river