paroles de chanson The Poet Game - Greg Brown
Down
by
the
river
junior
year
Walking
with
my
girl,
And
we
came
upon
a
place
There
in
the
tall
grass
where
a
couple
Had
been
making
love
And
left
the
mark
of
their
embrace.
I
said
to
her,
"Looks
like
they
had
some
fun."
She
said
to
me,
"Let's
do
the
same."
And
still
I
taste
her
kisses
And
her
freckles
in
the
sun
When
I
play
the
poet
game.
A
young
man
down
in
hill
country
In
the
year
of
'22
Went
to
see
his
future
bride.
She
lived
in
a
rough
old
shack
That
poverty
blew
through.
She
invited
him
inside.
She'd
been
cooking,
ashamed
and
feeling
sad,
She
could
only
offer
him
bread
and
her
name
-
Grandpa
said
that
it
was
the
best
gift
A
fella
ever
had
And
he
taught
me
the
poet
game.
I
had
a
friend
who
drank
too
much
And
played
too
much
guitar
-
And
we
sure
got
along.
Reel-to-reels
rolled
across
The
country
near
and
far
With
letters
poems
and
songs.
But
these
days
he
don't
talk
to
me
And
he
won't
tell
me
why.
I
miss
him
every
time
i
say
his
name.
I
don't
know
what
he's
doing
Or
why
our
friendship
died
While
we
played
the
poet
game.
The
fall
rain
was
pounding
down
On
an
old
New
Hampshire
mill
And
the
river
wild
and
high.
I
was
talking
to
her
while
leaves
blew
down
Like
a
sudden
chill
-
There
was
wildness
in
her
eyes.
We
made
love
like
we'd
been
waiting
All
of
our
lives
for
this
-
Strangers
know
no
shame
-
But
she
had
to
leave
at
dawn
And
with
a
sticky
farewell
kiss
Left
me
to
play
the
poet
game.
I
watched
my
country
turn
into
A
coast-to-coast
strip
mall
And
I
cried
out
in
a
song:
If
we
could
do
all
that
in
thirty
years,
Then
please
tell
me
you
all
-
Why
does
good
change
take
so
long?
Why
does
the
color
of
your
skin
Or
who
you
choose
to
love
Still
lead
to
such
anger
and
pain?
And
why
do
I
think
it's
any
help
For
me
to
still
dream
of
Playing
the
poet
game?
Sirens
wail
above
the
fields
-
Another
soul
gone
down
-
Another
Sun
about
to
rise.
I've
lost
track
of
my
mistakes,
Like
birds
they
fly
around
And
darken
half
of
my
skies.
To
all
of
those
I've
hurt
-
I
pray
you'll
forgive
me.
I
to
you
will
freely
do
the
same.
So
many
things
I
didn't
see,
With
my
eyes
turned
inside,
Playing
the
poet
game.
I
walk
out
at
night
to
take
a
leak
Underneath
the
stars
-
Oh
yeah
that's
the
life
for
me.
There's
Orion
and
the
Pleiades
And
I
guess
that
must
be
Mars
-
All
as
clear
as
we
long
to
be.
I've
sung
what
I
was
given
-
Some
was
bad
and
some
was
good.
I
never
did
know
from
where
it
came
And
if
I
had
it
all
to
do
again
I
am
not
sure
I
would
Play
the
poet
game.
1 If I Had Known
2 Worrisome Years
3 Laughing River
4 Canned Goods
5 Who Woulda Thunk It
6 The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home
7 Ella Mae
8 Our Little Town
9 Good Morning Coffee
10 Downtown
11 You Drive Me Crazy
12 Spring Wind
13 The Poet Game
14 Where Is Maria
15 Boomtown
16 Two Little Feet
17 Driftless
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