VINCE GILL lyrics - Whippoorwill River

(Vince Gill, Dean Dillon)



My dad was a man

With two hard workin' hands

He always took time out for me

Well, I'd come home from school

Load up that canoe

He'd say, "What's the bet gonna be?"



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We'd float that boat down old Whippoorwill River

Catch us a big one or two

Well, he taught me about life

And its simple pleasures

And whatever else that he knew



Then I met a girl

With a head full of curls

A pure and innocent heart

Oh, I knew she was the one

And when weekends would come

Wild horses couldn't keep us apart



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We'd run those ponies down Whippoorwill River

And I'd steal a sweet kiss or two

She taught me about love

And its simple pleasures

And whatever else that she knew



Well, I married that girl

And we have a song

And he looks like my daddy used to

Oh, his mom and I

Always find time

To do things that he likes to do



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Well, he loves to go fishing on Whippoorwill River

And ride in his grandad's canoe

We teach hima bout life

And its simple pleasures

And pass down a memory or two

Yeah, he loves to go fishing on Whippoorwill River

And catch him a big one or two

He's learning about life

And its simple pleasures

And making a memory or two



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