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I Wish I Was A Riverboat

from Twilight Town by Kevin Stonerock

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I’ve done a lot of shows along the Ohio River, wrote an outdoor drama about river life, love river culture and have even written a song about a steamboat. This isn’t it. 

lyrics

I wish I had a dollar for everyone I’ve spent
But wishes ain’t worth nothing when you’re trying to pay the rent
I wish I was an old guitar With stories yet to tell
I’d sing one of a lonely man that we both know so well
 
I wish I was a riverboat floating down a stream
I wish I was a carpenter, I’d build myself a dream  
I wish I was a vagabond with nothing left to lose 
I’d walk these old backroads and think about you

But I’ve got obligations, I’m too young to retire
I’m not one for standing still or sitting round the fire
So I’ll just keep on moving, living in my mind
Til the day they lay me down perhaps I’ll wake to find

That I was just a riverboat floating down a stream
I was just a carpenter who built myself a dream
I was just a vagabond with nothing left to lose
So I walked those old backroads thinking ‘bout you 

I was young but now I’m past my prime
With every dream that’s crashed and burned  
More and more I find

I am just a riverboat floating down a stream
I am just a carpenter trying to build a dream
I am just a vagabond with holes in both my shoes
From walking these old backroads thinking about you
I‘ve been walking these old backroads thinking ‘bout you


© 2020 Kevin P. Stonerock (BMI)
 

credits

from Twilight Town, released May 6, 2020
Derrick Carnes: drums
Shane Guse: fiddle
Ed “Pee Wee Charles” Ringwald: pedal steel guitar
Kevin Stonerock: lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, banjo,

Produced by Gabriel Stonerock and Kevin Stonerock

Recording Engineers: Jeff Monroe, Group Effort Studio, Erlanger, KY
Ben Kempel, Among The Hung Studio, Conestoga, Ontario, Canada
Mixed by Jeff Monroe
Mastered by Dan Murphy
Photos and Design: Andy Carr

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Kevin Stonerock Indianapolis, Indiana

Songwriter and master storyteller Kevin Stonerock is a product of the Midwest, born and raised in a small town 40 miles east of Indianapolis. He was Americana before the word became a staple in the music lexicon—an amalgamation of traditional country and roots rock, with the sensibilities and lyricism of a folk artist. ... more

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