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The Rivers Run Deep

by The Righs

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1.
Broken hearted See what you’ve started Unsent letters I tore them to tatters And I hope I never see you again And I hope I never see you again Rejoicing the silence Embracing the absence Joyous are the days Since we parted ways The day I walked in On you and him I wanted you away Cause it’s a crying shame Packed up U-Haul Won’t see you next fall Hope he makes you happy As much as he’s done for me And I know I’ll never see you again And I know I’ll never see you again
2.
As I drove away, I heard the young men say, my life was just a waste And now I sit here down, with an alcoholic frown, as you tell me they were right Girly, my girly, I love you very much But your heart has grown too cold I left them all behind cause I'm one of a kind So young and yet so old Burning back through my memories, is pain I'll gladly take Cause it proves you wrong as I burst into song and the world's a better place Girly, my girly, I loved you once before But now these feelings cease cold I tossed out your bags when you tore down my flag So very long ago Please kiss me goodbye, our love had to go The tears in your eyes, are beginnin' to flow I'll call you some day, when peace is restored But for now I'll travel, and come back on accord Of my own, so my Girly, my girly, I loved you once before But now these feelings cease cold I tossed out your bags when you tore down my flag So very long ago Girly, my girly, I loved you til that day But your blood I'd gladly spill For you slept with my dad and shat on my flag Forgive me if I'm bitter still, I'm bitter still I’m bitter still
3.
‘Twas Nineteen-Hundred Sixteen In the time of the Great War A man named James Connolly Had a dream he bore Well they marched in broad daylight On that Easter Monday morn They took the Dublin Post Office On that day a nation was born They cried “Hallelujah, We are Irish and we are free.” But the Lord Maxwell from his Dublin castle said “It will never be.” Well the British were none too happy And they sent their infantry And by Friday morning They’d shot poor James Connolly And he cried “Hallelujah, We are Irish and we are free.” But the Prime Minister from his London office said “It will never be.” The Post Office was taken back And many Irish lives were lost The British tied Connolly to a chair And they shot him in the back Yet he cried “Hallelujah, I am Irish and I am free.” But that Devil on his London Throne Said, “It will never be.” ‘Twas Nineteen-Hundred Sixteen In the time of the Great War A man named James Connolly Had a dream he bore They sang “Hallelujah, We are Irish and we are free.” While God above from the Gates of Heaven Said “You have to fight to be free.” They sang “Hallelujah, We are Irish and we are free.” While God above from the Gates of Heaven Said “You have to fight to be free.” And they sang “Hallelujah, We are Irish and we are free.” While God above from the Gates of Heaven Said “You have to fight to be free.”
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That Guy 02:21
I know you find me unattractive, At best maybe I am just distracting. So why am I always the guy that no one gives a damn about? You pass me by in the halls, Everyday finding each other's short falls. You barely see as I slink on by And I'm forgotten once I'm out of your eye. Then there are those of you that say that You are my friend either way. Well, Some tell the truth and some others are liars. I can tell from the lack of calls and/or wires. And it doesn't help that I find That to me all girls are blind And they only ever wanted me as a friend. So I have no hope for relation to extend. So I find myself all alone In a world where I am prone To fits of jealousy Every time a couple talks to me.
5.
Please settle my weary Irish eyes To a place where they can avoid demise They only ever see reflections of you In the mirror, the water and the morning dew Settle me down in the land I know Settle me down where the trees doth grow Settle me down where I have no fear Settle me down with you here Many’s the day, I’ve traveled far away Many a’man has tried to make me stay To all of them I said but nay Then I simply quoted your name Settle me down in the land I know Settle me down where the trees doth grow Settle me down where I have no fear Settle me down with you here Please settle my weary Irish eyes To a place where they can avoid demise They only ever see reflections of you In the mirror, the water and the morning dew I set out looking for better roads But this separation was never foretold It’s been three years and I’ve seen you but twice And I have to wonder if you’re still mine I’ve been here and there with but one care That someday I could feed this hungry stare And on that day I could take your hand And settle down with you on this land Settle me down in the land I know Settle me down where the trees doth grow Settle me down where I have no fear Settle me down with you here Please settle my weary Irish eyes To a place where they can avoid demise They only ever see reflections of you In the mirror, the water and the morning dew Blessed were the days I roamed For on that day I returned back home I saw you standing over there And you said to me with your hungry stare Settle me down in the land I know Settle me down where the trees doth grow Settle me down where I have no fear Settle me down with you here Please settle my weary Irish eyes To a place where they can avoid demise They only ever see reflections of you In the mirror, the water and the morning dew
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7.
For the sake of you, my lassie I'm bound away, my lassie For the sake of you, my lassie I'm bound away I'm bound away, oh, I'm bound away For the sake of you, my lassie, I'm bound away Gold to win for you, my lassie I'm bound away, my lassie Gold to win for you, my lassie I'm bound away Far across the sea, my lassie I'm bound away, my lassie Far across the sea, my lassie I'm bound away
8.
Her parents named her so A man like me could find A girl I thought I could know On Agony’s Night I stumbled into the bar that night Looking for a drink or a fight Never did I think I might Have her lead my skeptic sight I asked her her name, she frowned She said “It’s one of reknowned. Every man I’ve loved has drowned Before their wife I could be crowned” So Agony lead me please To the place I call home Oh, Agony, you’ll ever be The girl of my very own Oh Agony, I finally see The point you were trying to make You only would marry me If I were at the bottom of a lake So Agony lead me please To the place I call home Oh, Agony, you’ll ever be The girl of my very own Oh my eyes were closed so I was blind I never thought I would find That to a man you were never kind And to kill me you would try I asked the barman the very next day Why you acted this way He gasped and said, “You escaped from her? She’s been dead, twenty years away.” Oh Agony, I finally see The point you were trying to make You only would marry me If I were at the bottom of a lake So Agony lead me please To the place I call home Oh, Agony, you’ll ever be The girl of my very own The girl of my very own The girl of my very own
9.
The Shire 03:25
The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began Now far ahead the Road has gone And I must follow if I can Pursuing it with eager feet Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet And whither then I cannot say Alive, I feel it settle in my gut The wine that was your sweet embrace So now, we’ll go upon our merry way And live down on New Zealand way Far away, That’s where you’ll find us boys And write to us “Dear Jack,” But I can’t say we’ll right back Cause we’re destined for the Hobbit’s Shire The farm, we bought in fields of green so pure The sheep, as white as winter’s snow I burned my records from America Said, “Darlin’, this be our final home” So now I’ll jump and jig as I dream of our last gig In New Zealand, our home sweet home And carryin’ on my tune, I’ve one thing to say to you And that’s the way, and where you’ll find me Far away, That’s where you’ll find us boys And write to us “Dear Jack,” But I can’t say we’ll right back Cause we’re destined for the Hobbit’s Shire Settled down with our wives and kids The dream will soon be realized The Rivers, immortal in our last reprise That day, will someday come to light Until then I’ll play as a bat out of hell In Edmond, our beloved teenage home We’ll play the Racket Room and Conservatory too And someday, when you can’t find me, I’ll be Far away, That’s where you’ll find us boys And write to us “Dear Jack,” But I can’t say we’ll right back Cause we’re destined for the Hobbit’s Shire We’re destined for the Hobbit’s Shire Yes, we’re destined for the Hobbit’s Shire (The Road goes ever on and on…)
10.
Loch Lomond 03:11
By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie [Dm] braes Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond Where me and my true love will ever want to gae On the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomond Oh, ye’ll take the high road and I’ll take the [Dm] low road And I’ll be in Scotland afore ye But me and my true love will never meet again On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond ‘Twas there that we parted in yon shady glen On the steep, steep sides o’ Ben Lomond Where in purple hue the heather hills we view And the moon comin’ out in the gloamin’ The wee birdies sing and the wild flowers spring And in sunshine the waters lie sleeping But the broken heart, it kens, nae second spring again Though the waeful may cease from their greeting

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released January 18, 2008

Recorded, mixed & mastered by Chris Harris at Bell Labs and Atomic Sound in Norman, OK
Nate Williams - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals
Jackson Smith - Electric Guitar, Drums, Banjo, Vocals
John Slawson - Bass
Omid Nowrouzi - Mandolin, Vocals
Jian Azimi - Fiddle
Tom Lynn - Banjo, Tin Whistle, Trumpet, Electric Guitar, Vocals
Design by Nate Williams
Album artwork by Jenifer Ellis

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The Righs Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

The Righs (pronounced “rigz”) were a Celtic/Folk-Rock band from Edmond, OK, originally known as The Rivers. They played in the Oklahoma City area from late 2005 to early 2014.
Nate Williams - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Jack Smith - Vocals, Electric Guitar, Banjo
John Slawson - Bass
Omid Nowrouzi - Vocals, Mandolin, Trumpet
Jian Azimi - Fiddle
Ronnie Meyer - Drummer
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