Don Williams – Where The Arkansas River Leaves (Guitar)

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Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma

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It runs free and rambles muddy and wide

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Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma

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It's gone forever and never looks back

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I met her in Stillwell   she just turned twenty

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A spirited beauty like I've never known

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And me a dirt farmer who lived by the river

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But she said she loved me and the free life I owned

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We married in April and lived by the river

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We worked that land from spring till the fall

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But I guess when the winter howled at our window

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She couldn't help hearing that wild river call

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Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma

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It runs free and rambles muddy and wide

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Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma

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It's gone forever and never looks back

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She tried to conquer that wild rage within her

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But something too strong ran deep in her soul

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But I know she loved me   she cried like a baby

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That cold winter evening she answered the call

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Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma

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It runs free and rambles muddy and wide

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Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma

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It's gone forever and never looks back