Levee Song - Lyrics - Darden Smith

Darden Smith is an Austin-based singer-songwriter known for his lyrics and for weaving folk and Americana influences with rock, pop, and the musical roots of his home state. His debut album, "Native Soil," was released in 1986. His fourteenth album, Love Calling, came out August 27, 2013. Over the past decade, Smith has developed two programs, The Be An Artist Program and SongwritingWith . Both use collaborative songwriting to work with groups ranging from children in the classroom to soldiers returning home from combat. Smith established SongwritingWith:Soldiers as a separate non-profit organization in 2012. In a recent presentation for TEDxAustin called "Fearing Your Gift," Darden Smith discusses what led him to these projects and how, going forward, creativity is central to everything he does.

Too many nights, nothing to do Drive out to the levee and I think about you I think about my coat hanging on your door I think about your dress lying on the floor You say you don't love me Well I think you might Meet me on the levee tonight Backtalk and rumors all around town I say the word, your new man coming around Betty told Jimmy and Jimmy told me Now I'm standing on the levee I just cannot believe You say you don't love me Well I think you might So meet me on the levee tonight Old Man River running wild and free He found his lover between the devil And the deep blue sea Ain't that a little like you and me Just a little like you and me I know your lips, the cut of your hair The shape of your hips, baby I've been there Deep in your heart, beneath your breast I know you know which one is the best You say you don't love me Well I think you might Meet me on the levee tonight Meet me on the levee tonight Too many nights, nothing to do Drive out to the levee and I think about you Think about my coat hanging on your door And I think about your dress. It was lying on the floor You say you don't love me but you might Meet me on the levee tonight You say you don't love me Well I think you might And I'll prove it on the levee tonight Meet me on the levee tonight