[Verse1]
We pushed off slow
on the muddy water
Cool brown current
Late July
You went in first
when the boat rolled over
You Came up choking
Never do it twice
Lighting fires
and running through it
We loved to throw those little dice
Stealing punkins
then run like hell
Good thing Dave
knew how to drive
Hanging out
the passenger window
Almost lost my fingers
on a mailbox slide
[Chorus]
Playing our Auglaize River blues
Soaked shoes
Learned to drive stick
In that Subaru
If the world feels hard
I just remember
How I learned to lose and laugh it off with you
The Auglaize River blues
[Verse 2]
Bare twelve year old butts
in the summer traffic
Mooning cars was fun to do
Those honking horns
All that holy panic
We all bowed low
Then your mom drove through (oh shit!)
[Chorus]
This is my Auglaize River blues
Soaked shoes
We really tore up
That subaru
If the world feels hard
I just remember
How I learned to lose and laugh it off with you
My Auglaize River blues
[Bridge]
You put that harp in my clumsy fingers
Said
“Breathe in
Bend it ’til it cries”
I carried that old harp everyday
Through five countries
It was by my side
[Verse 3]
Poker nights in the beat-up camper
Smoke-thick air and a busted fan
Shooting bottle rockets from your bedroom window
Ninja stars and smoking grass
We didn’t need money
we had each other
The Volkswagen Rabbit
And a rusty blue van
[Chorus]
This is my Auglaize River blues
Rusty tin roof
Late-night jokes
And borrowed shoes
If the years roll on and we drift apart
We’ll still be those kids on a river
raising hell
It’s true
My Auglaize River blues
ATMurrayDFC
