Black River
A Folk/Gospel/Americana song in G or D major opens with a bluesy acoustic guitar riff layered with grand piano chords. Slow to mid-tempo groove, featuring soulful, resonant black male vocals. Southern rock elements emerge in power chord-driven choruses, soaring melodic lines, and reflective textures, balancing melancholy with uplifting gospel harmonies., deep emotion, soulful ballad
Black River
A Folk/Gospel/Americana song in G or D major opens with a bluesy acoustic guitar riff layered with grand piano chords. Slow to mid-tempo groove, featuring soulful, resonant black male vocals. Southern rock elements emerge in power chord-driven choruses, soaring melodic lines, and reflective textures, balancing melancholy with uplifting gospel harmonies., deep emotion, soulful ballad
Lyrics
I was raised where the pines cut shadows on clay,
Boot prints drying in the heat of the day,
Mama sang hymns while the storms rolled in,
Granddad’s stories thicker than the Tennessee wind,
Learned my truth where the water runs deep,
Black River holdin’ secrets it knows how to keep.
Skippin’ stones when my mind got rough,
River taught me soft ain’t the same as tough,
Saw my first love wadin’ barefoot through dusk,
Fireflies floatin’ like sparks from trust,
Every heartbeat echoing off those bends,
Black River knew beginnings better than ends.
That rolling tide pulls at my soul,
Turns every scar into something whole,
Black, Black River, take me back
Where the heart stays on track,
Where the nights don’t fade away,
And the blues know my name.
You’re the song I can’t outrun,
You’re the place where I come from…
Black River, pulling me home
Never left me on my own.
Left for work where the concrete hums,
City nights loud like a thousand drums,
But every skyline felt a mile too high,
Missed that muddy water mirrorin’ the sky,
Years rolled by like a runaway train,
Black River kept callin’ me home again.
That rolling tide pulls at my soul,
Turns every scar into something whole,
Black, Black River, take me back
Where the heart stays on track,
Where the nights don’t fade away,
And the blues know my name.
You’re the song I can’t outrun,
You’re the place where I come from.
Black River, pulling me home
Never left me on my own.
Take my burdens, wash ’em slow,
Carry my story where the deep tides go,
I’m still that boy beneath that southern sun
Black River knows where I came from.
Take my burdens, wash ’em slow
Carry my story where the deep tides go,
I’m still that boy beneath that southern sun
Black River knows where I came from.
Black, Black River, take me back
Where the heart stays on track,
Where the nights don’t fade away,
And the blues know my name.
You’re the song I can’t outrun,
You’re the place where I come from.
Black River, pulling me home
Never left me on my own.
Black, Black River, take me back
Where the heart stays on track,
Where the nights don’t fade away,
And the blues know my name.
You’re the song I can’t outrun,
You’re the place where I come from.
Black River, pulling me home
Never left me on my own.