Niles River Blues

<br>By townes van zandt<br><br><br><br>On the banks of the niles I courted my love<br><br>I walked with her soft as a mournin dove<br><br>I loved her true I swear I still do<br><br>And now shes gone without me<br><br><br><br><br><br>I walk by the banks and give the lord thanks<br><br>That I had the chance to court her<br><br>I dont know why he flew her away<br><br>I dont know why Im left here<br><br><br><br><br><br>The niles runs cold and clear<br><br>As cold and clear as my tears<br><br>Ill never forget, Ill never regret<br><br>Those days on the beautiful niles<br><br><br><br><br><br>Her name was diane her beautiful hands<br><br>Were soft as the pearls in the water<br><br>I looked in her eyes they were blue as the skies<br><br>And now Ive gone and left her<br><br><br><br><br><br>Ill follow her down the way to the river<br><br>Follow her now, now and forever<br><br>Shes my one and only smile<br><br>On the beautiful banks of the niles<br><br><br><br><br><br>Someday soon neath the light of the moon<br><br>When the sun and the rain shine together<br><br>Ill meet her down where the waters flow<br><br>And continue to flow forever<br><br><br><br><br><br>Down on the banks of the beautiful niles<br><br>I wonder what I can be thinking<br><br>Down on the banks of that beautiful river<br><br>Ill wander, look for her forever<br><br>Ill wander, look for her forever