I never had no regrets, boys;

Not for nothing i've done.

I owed the devil some debts, boys,

Paid them all up but one.

And i don't even regret the living

That i'll be leaving behind.

I've gotten weary of searching

For something i couldn't find.



I'm going down to the shade

By the river one more time,

And feel the breeze on my face before i die.

I'm gonna leave whatever's 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 wasn't no saint.

I'm just a river that rolled forever

And never got to the sea.

I ain't blaming nobody;

I had it coming to me.



I'm going down to the shade

By the river one more time,

And feel the breeze on my face before i die.

I'm gonna leave whatever's left

Of my luck to the losers,

Then bend me down, and kiss the world goodbye.


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