Not for nothing Ive done.
I owed the devil some debts, boys,
Paid them all up but one.
And I dont even regret the living
That Ill be leaving behind.
Ive gotten weary of searching
For something I couldnt find.
Im going down to the shade
By the river one more time,
And feel the breeze on my face before I die.
Im gonna leave whatevers left of my luck to the losers,
Then bend me down and kiss the world goodbye.
Come to lucky-in-lovin
I never had no complaints.
They never said I was evil,
But then, I wasnt no saint.
Im just a river that rolled forever
And never got to the sea.
I aint blaming nobody;
I had it coming to me.
Im going down to the shade
By the river one more time,
And feel the breeze on my face before I die.
Im gonna leave whatevers left
Of my luck to the losers,
Then bend me down, and kiss the world goodbye.