Name: Sold Down The River
Duration: P00H03M41S
Description: This is an old country song of mine that I recorded with Jim a few years ago. I added an extension to the chorus, which seems to work well and it goes down well at gigs. It’s about the realization early in a relationship that she has bigger fish to fry and that you are “being sold down the river.”

Sold Down The River

from Cat With A Spider by Guy Johnson

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This is an old country song of mine that I recorded with Jim a few years ago. I added an extension to the chorus, which seems to work well and it goes down well at gigs. It’s about the realization early in a relationship that she has bigger fish to fry and that you are “being sold down the river.”

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SOLD DOWN THE RIVER
WORDS & MUSIC
GUY JOHNSON

WHERE HAS SHE GONE
IT’S THE SAME OLD STORY
SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE HOURS AGO
I’M WASTING MY TIME
BEING SOLD DOWN THE RIVER

SHE LEFT ME A NOTE
SAYING “THANKS FOR YOUR TROUBLE.
I COULDN’T STAY ‘CAUSE I HAD TO GO.
WE’LL MEET UP AGAIN.
OUR FRIENDSHIP NOW WILL LAST FOR EVER”

IF ONLY SHE KNEW
JUST HOW MUCH I’D GIVE UP
TO BE WALKING BY HER SIDE AGAIN
IF ONLY SHE KNEW
THAT I’M BREAKING APART
OH SHE SEEMS SO UNAWARE
OF ALL THE TROUBLE THAT SHE’S CAUSING ME

SHE’LL LOOK AT A MAN
AND HE’LL FOLLOW WITH REASON
PICK HIM UP AND PUT HIM DOWN
SO WITH A CASUAL GLANCE
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION

I FIND OUT EACH DAY
HOW I’M DRIFTING AWAY
THE TIDE IS GOIN’ OUT TO SEA
THINKING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT I’D SAY
IF I ONLY GOTTA HOLD OF HER
AND TOLD HER WHAT SHE MEANS TO ME

WHO’S GONNA PADDLE ME
WHO’S GONNA PADDLE ME

WHEN I THINK OF ALL THE DAYS AND NIGHTS
THAT WE HAVE SPENT TOGETHER
WELL IT SHOULDN’T BE THAT HARD TO SAY
WHAT WOULD BE THE ANSWER?
SHOULD WE GIVE IT ALL AWAY?

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from Cat With A Spider, released October 21, 2011

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