First time I ever heard Jim Byrnes sing was when he played Joe Dawson in Highlander. I was hooked immediately. Thank you for posting this. It's one of my absolute favorite songs.
No one ever loved that river Rain from the highlands A mirror for the cajun moon A road without a memory Of anything that started out as Blue Well you can pour me Like a jug of wine Into the Gulf of Mexico, Honey Until the end of time But no one ever loved that river The way I love you. You move with your own rhythm Like tide on the river Lightning on the Ponchatrain The way you come to me at midnight Warm and naked as the rain What were you whispering down at Natchez Cause it muddied up my mind About some great ocean Goint o make you leave it all behind Well, no one ever loved that river The way I love you. You've got land above the salt line Bougainvillea in your hair The barges pole from New Orleans You said you'd leave without a care But the rumor on the river is Anything that touches you will be free But I know you can't be free Well you can never leave this river Without me. Oh your eyes they flash defiance They will not wait upon my word Draw my eyes across the skyline Like some long and graceful bird Your lips have known me better, honey And that satin ball of fur turns to blue I cannot leave this river I will not leave this river Without you No one ever loved that river The way I loved you....
No I never loved that river, the way that I love you. (I wrote the lyrics and the music to THAT RIVER) But nobody does it better than Jim. Amen. signed Erik Johnson
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The CD was long out-of-print but was re-issued some months ago. You can find it on Amazon.com
Been a Highlander fan for at least 20 years. This song is wonderful.
This is one of the best songs I've ever heard. Never tire of listening to it. Great arrangement too.
This man can sing the Blues the way I love to listen to them.
One my favorite songs from Jim of all times. So haunting!
Simply sublime.
Thanks for posting this song, It's my very favorite by Jim Byrnes No one ever loved that river.... the way I love you.. sigh... so beautiful :)
First time I ever heard Jim Byrnes sing was when he played Joe Dawson in Highlander. I was hooked immediately. Thank you for posting this. It's one of my absolute favorite songs.
No one ever loved that river
Rain from the highlands
A mirror for the cajun moon
A road without a memory
Of anything that started out as Blue
Well you can pour me
Like a jug of wine
Into the Gulf of Mexico, Honey
Until the end of time
But no one ever loved that river
The way I love you.
You move with your own rhythm
Like tide on the river
Lightning on the Ponchatrain
The way you come to me at midnight
Warm and naked as the rain
What were you whispering down at Natchez
Cause it muddied up my mind
About some great ocean
Goint o make you leave it all behind
Well, no one ever loved that river
The way I love you.
You've got land above the salt line
Bougainvillea in your hair
The barges pole from New Orleans
You said you'd leave without a care
But the rumor on the river is
Anything that touches you will be free
But I know you can't be free
Well you can never leave this river
Without me.
Oh your eyes they flash defiance
They will not wait upon my word
Draw my eyes across the skyline
Like some long and graceful bird
Your lips have known me better, honey
And that satin ball of fur turns to blue
I cannot leave this river
I will not leave this river
Without you
No one ever loved that river
The way I loved you....
RIP Stan Kirsch. 💔
No I never loved that river, the way that I love you. (I wrote the lyrics and the music to THAT RIVER) But nobody does it better than Jim. Amen. signed Erik Johnson
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PIECE ..... SOUL TO THE BONE
his voice just does things to ya... like gravel covered in silk... mmhmmm...
My Husband Erik Johnson wrote this song quite a few years ago and I have always loved it... and yes Jim does a great job covering it
full of all i need, as beautiful as it can be
I used to have this cd until I had I had a house fire and hadn't heard it since then. Thanks for posting this up. Love his music. :)
Ran into this a few years back -- damn, I forgot how good this was ... I just went to Amazon and snapped up a ton of his CDs.
Awesome
Amanda Hilton. Search for version with Peter Wingfield :)
version with Wingfield is on TH-cam ;)
Music and Words by Erik Johnson of Gabriola Island B.C
no I never loved that river. like I loved you. is what I heard
True :)
That's Inferno from Beast Wars.