Verse 1:
Walkin' down a back road
Forgetting all I know
There's an old Mason jar
Where the moon used to glow
On a hot summer night
When hands felt the grass
I loved your voice
And you loved the past
Pre-Chorus:
The shine took you, baby, you never know the taste
Night overcomes you and it's there you'll stay
Chorus:
Backwoods love story, married by the tide
Old creek runnin' through your mind
It's about the time you died
Shine by the river
Shine by the river, yeah
Verse 2:
The river took your soul
And took with it my mind
Falling in the deep
That was the last time
Your voice in the current
Calls me back home
That's what it was
When we were alone
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS & CHORUS
Bridge:
Sharper than the knife Daddy threw at your head
Straight on as a shot should've killed you dead
Colder than the blood frozen in your veins
Shine by the river
Shine by the river
REPEAT CHORUS
Verse 3/Outro:
The shine took you, baby
Walking down a back road
You never know the taste
The moon used to glow
Night overcomes you
On a hot summer night
And it's there you'll stay
I loved your voice and you loved the past
Shine by the river
Shine....