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Written to be played on solo fiddle. Here's the latest version

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River Like Me (also known as We Aint Got)
1. We don’t have that much in common,
but I sure do, Yes, I sure do like you.
Like all the rest, I am afraid,
I have broken all my fingers
And there’s no holding on.
Chorus:
Then there’s times that I wonder
If a river like me could stand,
If an airplane like me could land.
I seen a thousand endless highways
In the palm of my own hand.
2. Yes, I know your expectations,
But I sure can’t, yes, I sure can’t help it,
Is it love, is it fear, I have seen it,
In your green eyes,
And there’s no simple way
Chorus:
Then there’s times that I wonder
If a river like me could stand,
If an airplane like me could land
I held one in a million
In the palm of my own hand.

3. oh, I know it’s not forever, not for never,
Not for no how.
In the night there’s still a rainbow
I can feel it, in the shadows
And it leads me on
Chorus:
Then there’s times that I wonder,
If a river like me could stand,
If an airplane like me could land.
I held one in a million
In the palm of my own hand.
4. If the white bird calls me home
I must go, way up yonder
Till that time something tells me I will travel, I must wander
Yes, I’m leaving today
©J.W. McClure

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from Family History, released March 9, 2023
Songwriter J.W. McClure on guitar and vocals: Thaddeus Spae on guitarron; Roger Ferguson on mandolin and fiddle; Harmonies by Kristi and Steve Nebel

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J.W. McClure Seattle, Washington

J.W. McClure lives in Stanwood, Washington. This is a career restarted for me. In the 1970’s I was often an opening act at the Washington D.C. clubs, The Cellar Door and The Childe Harold for Tom Paxton, Dave Van Ronk, Tom Rush and many well known bands. In the 1980’s I returned to Washington to do folk music, satire and stand-up comedy before getting swamped by family and other work. ... more

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