Bill Anderson - Gonna Shine It On Again lyrics

There's just no way to tie a river down

No way to hold back the wind

Rain is gonna fall where it wants to fall

And like the sun I'm gonna shine it on again.

The only life I've ever known is driftin' a little

Somethin' I've picked up from my dad

Watchin' the sunset from a town he'd never been

Was the only dream he ever had.

I guess this way of life rubbed off on me

'Cause when I stay in one place too long

I start to hear the strains of a distant melody

And I'm off to sing that old highway song.

There's just no way to tie a river down

No way to hold back the wind

Rain is gonna fall where it wants to fall

And like the sun I'm gonna shine it on again.

Once I met a girl in Colorado

And I thought for a change I'd settled down

But just when I thought I would make it

I was on the highway leadin' out of town.

'Cause wonderin' where that long road would take me

Has it's own special brand of charm

And it doesn't matter how much I'd like to

I can't stay too long in one pair of arms.

There's just no way to tie a river down

No way to hold back the wind

Rain is gonna fall where it wants to fall

And like the sun I'm gonna shine it on again.

There's just no way to tie a river down

No way to hold back the wind

Rain is gonna fall where it wants to fall

And like the sun I'm gonna shine it on again...