Lyrics to
Whiskey River

This version of Whiskey River was released by Willie Nelson in 1973.

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Whiskey River take my mind,
Don’t let her mem’ry torture me.
Whiskey River don’t run dry,
You’re all I’ve got, take care of me.

Whiskey River take my mind,
Don’t let her mem’ry torture me.
Whiskey River don’t run dry,
You’re all I’ve got, take care of me.

I’m drowning in a whiskey river,
Bathing my mem’ried mind in the wetness of its soul.
Feeling the amber current flowin’ from my mind.
And warm an empty heart you left so cold.

Whiskey River take my mind,
Don’t let her mem’ry torture me.
Whiskey River don’t run dry,
You’re all I’ve got, take care of me.

I’m drowning in a whiskey river,
Bathing my mem’ried mind in the wetness of its soul.
Feeling the amber current flowin’ from my mind.
And warm an empty heart you left so cold.

Whiskey River take my mind,
Don’t let her mem’ry torture me.
Whiskey River don’t run dry,
You’re all I’ve got, take care of me.

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About Lyrics and Whiskey River by Willie Nelson

When you decide to study the lyrics to Whiskey River, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Willie Nelson. Some of the lyrics to Whiskey River have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Willie Nelson and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Whiskey River if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Whiskey River" means the words set to the music of Whiskey River, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Willie Nelson. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Whiskey River and the lyrics to Whiskey River are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Willie Nelson who came here looking just for the lyrics to Whiskey River, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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