Kern River-Merle Haggard

[00:01.05][01:51.54][02:42.02]I'll never swim kern river again [00:08.39][01:56.05][02:46.73]It was there that I met her [00:10.97][01:58.32][02:49.24]It was there that I lost my best friend [00:18.17][02:05.18][02:55.88]Now I live in the mountains [00:20.59][02:07.72][02:58.30]I drifted up here with the wind [00:27.80][02:14.63]I may drown in still water [00:30.21][01:44.63][02:16.55][03:07.47]But I'll never swim kern river again [00:37.27]I grew up in an oil town [00:39.84]But my gusher never came in [00:47.15]The river was a boundary [00:49.01]Where my darling and I used to swim [00:56.09]One night in the moonlight [00:58.49]The swiftness swept here life away [01:05.27]Now I live on lake shasta and [01:07.79]Lake shasta is where I will stay [01:14.53]There's the south san joaquin [01:16.96]Where the seeds of the dust bowl are found [01:23.80]There's a place called mount whitney [01:25.97]From where the mighty kern river comes down [01:32.83]Well it's not deep nor wide [01:35.29]But it's a mean piece of water my friend [01:41.97][03:05.14]I may cross on the highway