they were singing the blues
No country, no race records,
just some old white fluff stuff
it just wasn't good enough
And in a Mount Vernon basement,
It was Greg, Ted, and Dean,
And it was country, it was country,
And Sister Susan just loves
what the neighbors can't stand
Sawmill River Road, Sawmill River Road
You'd take your fifty -six Chevy
Well I talked, weeped and willed
Then I cried, cried, cried
how to cover up that clear blue sky
But the tears I cried for that woman
Are gonna flood you, big rebel
And I'm gonna sit right here until
It was the Hudson Valley boys
Singing, do what you did,
what you done to me last night
And the locals got angry,
and the police came around
You keep playing that song,
boys, we'll be shutting you down
Sawmill River Road, Sawmill River Road
You take your fifty -six Chevy
An d you looked at the sea,
I took your baby from you away
I heard a voice cryin' so deep
Sawmill River Road, Sawmill River Road
It's a stop off in Orsley,
Sawmill River Road, feed the rebel in you
to that old Chattanooga you