Red River Shore - Outtake from 'Time Out Of Mind' sessions

Outside my cabin door
 I've never wanted any of 'em wanting me
 'Cept the girl from the Red River shore
 Well I sat by her side and for a while I tried
 To make that girl my wife
 She gave me her best advice when she said
 Go home and lead a quiet life
 Well I been to the East and I been to the West
 And I been out where the black winds roar
 Somehow, though, I never did get that far
 With the girl from the Red River shore
 Well I knew when I first laid eyes on her
 I could never be free
 One look at her and I knew right away
 She should always be with me
 Well the dream dried up a long time ago
 Don't know where it is anymore
 True to life, true to me
 Was the girl from the Red River shore
 Well I'm wearing the cloak of misery
 And I've tasted jilted love
 And the frozen smile upon my face
 Fits me like a glove
 But I can't escape from the memory
 Of the one that I'll always adore
 All those nights when I lay in the arms
 Of the girl from the Red River shore
 Well we're livin' in the shadows of a fading past
 Trapped in the fires of time
 I tried not to ever hurt anybody
 And to stay out of a life of crime
 And when it's all been said and done
 I never did know the score
 One more day is another day away
 From the girl from the Red River shore
 Well I'm a stranger here in a strange land
 But I know this is where I belong
 I ramble and gamble for the one I love
 And the hills will give me a song
 Though nothing looks familiar to me
 I know I've stayed here before
 Once a thousand nights ago
 With the girl from the Red River shore
 Well I went back to see about her once
 Went back to straighten it out
 Everybody that I talked to had seen us there
 Said they didn't know who I was talkin' about
 Well the sun went down on me a long time ago
 I've had to fall back from the door
 I wish I could have spent every hour of my life
 With the girl from the Red River shore
 Now I heard of a guy who lived a long time ago
 A man full of sorrow and strife
 That if someone around him died and was dead
 He knew how to bring him on back to life
 Well I don't know what kind of language he used
 Or if they do that kind of thing anymore
 Sometimes I think nobody ever saw me here at all
 'Cept the girl from the Red River shore