Lyrics Daddy Was a Mover - The Dillards

Daddy was a mover and a gold creek miner
Never had a dollar or a hard luck song
Mama ran off and he's never gonna find her
Went down the river she's a long time gone

Daddy taught me everything he thought we
Needed in the world just to get along
Brew a little feel good cut a little cord wood
Sing a little tenor on a gospel song

Can you see me, daddy where the river went wrong
It ain't easy, high and dry and the memory's gone
I'll settle down and let the river roll on

Misty midnight hunting by moonlight
One shot rifle and a one-eyed dog
Lonesome Sundays feel like Mondays
Daddy kept the bible in the sycamore log

Lonesome yearning, the kids keep turning on
Never had a woman I could call my own
What's to give her running on the river
Sleeping in the gravel like a rolling stone

Can you see me, daddy where the river went wrong
It ain't easy, high and dry and the memory's gone
I'll settle down and let the river roll on

Can you see me, daddy where the river went wrong
It ain't easy, high and dry and the memory's gone
I'll settle down and let the river roll on