Intro: Mother Red River, she wind like a copperhead Coils and boils over Dennison Dam Little white houses, eggs on the rocky bed I am the son of the serpent, I am Raised on the river, washed in the blood Blood runs thicker than bottomland mud And the wheel sinks deeper as the years spin 'round Thirty bad summers in Tillman County INTERLUDE: My uncle, Little Tree, dreams of another life Coddles his cattle and he rents his range Holds the fan to the face of his pretty wife She knows nothing ain't ever gonna change, she was Raised on the river, washed in the blood Blood runs thicker than bottomland mud And the wheel sinks deeper as the years spin 'round Thirty bad summers in Tillman County Instrumental: