River Rat Crawl

His papa died when he was ten He quit school and worked the farm It's hard to watch your childhood end Hard to watch your mother starve He'd come in late at night His mama put them records on The ones his papa'd hold her tight to Dance in the kitchen from dusk till dawn Oh to the river rat crawl He'd be dozing off To the river rat crawl His mama died in '43 Thanks to chloroform and gin He sold the farm and went to town Took a check and cashed it in He went to the local bar Took a lady by the hand She left him on the dancing floor Didn't understand The river rat crawl Be dozing off to the river rat crawl Oh just a small town boy said he was never going home again There's no job at the factory They built on his father's land A river rat crawl A river rat crawl Be dozing off In a river rat's crawl And they find Kentucky summer stays on your mind Kentucky summer ain't hard to find Kentucky summer stays on your mind