YOU WILD COLORADO
(Johnny Cash)


Tex Ritter - 1964
Johnny Cash - 1964

As recorded by JOHNNY CASH:



Oh, you wild raging river, like my woman's lips you lure me
Pied piper of the desert, roll on to the sea
You're the same at noon or midnight and I'd follow where you go
But you're planning no returning, you wild Colorado

If I had no love of life I'd become part of your flow
But I fear the place you'd take me, you wild Colorado

Oh, you wild raging river from the fountains of the mountains
You ripple down the valleys, growing wide and swift and deep
With what power you cut your canyons, how long ago
You're as wayward as my woman, you wild Colorado

If I had no love of life I'd become part of your flow
But I fear the place you'd take me, you wild Colorado


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As recorded by TEX RITTER:

Oh, you wild Colorado, you ramblin' reckless river
Pied piper of the desert, roll on to the sea
Twistin' like a gypsy woman, I'd follow where you go
But you'll never be returnin', you wild Colorado

If I had no love of life I'd become part of your flow
But I fear the place you'd take me, you wild Colorado

Oh, you wild Colorado, from the land above the desert
Where you ripple through the valleys, growin' wide and swift and deep
With what power you cut your canyons, oh, so long ago
You're as wayward as my woman, you wild Colorado

If I had no love of life I'd become part of your flow
But I fear the place you'd take me, you wild Colorado






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2011)