Name: Blue Heart, Black River [take 2]
Duration: P00H03M28S
Description: I used to hang out at a bluegrass jam hosted by a friend, just to check out the music. I'd get called up to sing once in a while, but I don't know a lot of bluegrass songs. I wrote this so that I'd have something new to sing that everyone could jam on. Sing along if ya know it.

Blue Heart, Black River [take 2]

from Another 1,000 Miles (EP) by Greg Klyma

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I used to hang out at a bluegrass jam hosted by a friend, just to check out the music. I'd get called up to sing once in a while, but I don't know a lot of bluegrass songs. I wrote this so that I'd have something new to sing that everyone could jam on. Sing along if ya know it.

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Lonely days, sleepless nights Double crosses and hope to die My darlin’ loves another Why? Little darlin’, why?

Blue heart, black river
My darlin’ is gone
Blue heart, black river
I can’t forgive ‘er and I can’t go on alone

Cold words, cold cold heart
So cold I could see your breath
Chilled me right to the bones
Filled my nights with dreams of death

Blue heart, black river
My darlin’ is gone
Blue heart, black river
I can’t forgive ‘er and I can’t go on alone

Standing here by the river banks
I can hear your wicked lines
They’re there like the hammer in my hands
“There there, little darlin’, don’t you cry”

Blue heart, black river
My darlin’ is gone
Blue heart, black river
I can’t forgive ‘er and I can’t go on alone

Red snow in New England
River flows cold as ice
I went down in it three times
Lord, I only come up twice

With a blue heart, black river
My darlin’ is gone
Blue heart, black river
I can’t forgive ‘er and I can’t go on alone

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from Another 1,000 Miles (EP), released January 7, 2022
Greg Klyma, rhythm guitar, vocals
Duke Levine, lead guitar
Jim Whitford, bass
David Andrew Moore, drums

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Greg Klyma Arlington, Massachusetts

American songwriter, Greg Klyma is a purveyor of old school country and rock music. Influences include Tom Petty, Steve Earle, Bon Scott-era AC/DC, and Willie Nelson. If lyrics and melody take center stage in your musical world, welcome home!

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