Matthew Friedberger - Up The River lyrics

Wait for her for hours at home

Got the call: she suffered from psycho-somatic sudden death syndrome.

If only I could find the secret source of the Missouri River on Opposite Day,

I could cross over to the other side and tell my baby I miss her.

Up up and away to where my baby went

Up over to find a spot that's heaven sent (literally)

Up up and away to where my baby went

Go shake my stick at any tributary bent

Here I go

Army corps of Engineers

Gave me a canoe the key to the locks and a warm six-pack of beers.

The lower gasconade didn't seem to keep any secrets from me

(Middle Milk the big dry

Lower Milk little muddy

Big Porcupine lower tongue

Keg weeping water cache

La Poudre Monona-Harrison ditch

Blackbird soldier

Lower Laramie

Upper lodge pole

Little powder ruby

Upper Republican

Lower gasconade

Middle big blue)

Belfield ND, on the upper heart though the spot I had in mind wouldn't be quite so windy for a start (or maybe it would)

I stared in the waters of the little Milk for two hours straight but I never saw her reflection even once.

Up up and away to where my baby went

Up over to find a spot that's heaven sent (literally)

Up up and away to where my baby went

Go shake my stick at any tributary bent

Here I go

Keg keeping water; Monona Harrison Ditch

My supplies were running low, and I couldn't decide which

Lack of success on the Big Porcupine had pricked at my self-esteem

I resolved to turn for home

Maybe I'll go back and suffer from psycho-somatic sudden death syndrome.

Did the middle big blue break my heart,

or did she,

or did I do it to myself?