From the recording Adventure Sure Enough
Steve Hanson – Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Double Bass, Backing Vocals
Ron Johnson – Acoustic Guitar & Vocals
Lyrics
9) CHEAT RIVER BLUES
I remember you there, sparkling sun behind,
Hitting ripples on the Cheat, flooding memories through my mind.
On down the road smiling eyes, & on that shore the night before,
Tan leg warmers, a tent, and nothing more.
Chorus:
So goes a journey branded on my mind,
Hot passion burning, summer red wine,
Fizzles when your naked heart feels nothing new.
My heartthrob of the Cheat singing Cheat River blues.
Eastbound through Morgantown in your playmate rocket car,
The hood goes on forever, engine rumbling, take us far.
Speedometer broken, trucks seemed slow,
Past a motel sign, colored TV and a swimming hole.
(Chorus)
Time rolls on, together or alone.
Mountains still call, and streams gather stones.
When the flames burn low, feel the rain dripping in,
Grip the passion of a tent, make some Cheat River sin.
(Chorus)