Lyrics Tugboats - Dash Rip Rock

The tugboats are churning up the sound of the river
It flows on past Memphis and never slows down
My mama will give me the pass to forgive her
The tugboats just rumble and tumble and growl

Who tossed that river?
All the rafts to the sea
Til Twain will call out
It flows like blood through me

The tugboats are churning up the sound of the river
It flows on past Memphis and never slows down
My mother will give me the past to forgive her
The tugboats just rumble and tumble and growl

Past New Orleans, past Norco, past Natchez, past Ferriday

We'll fill her with poison
She'll turn and go through Lafayette
Brown sand and crippled men
Won't beat out the mighty just yet

The tugboats are churning up the sound of the river
It flows on past memphis and never slows down
My mama will give me the past to forgive her
The tugboats just rumble and tumble and growl

Past Luling, past Harvey, past Vicksburg, Lake Providence