Took 40 years to write this song
Ya know what I mean?
And every year that passes by
Means one more someone says goodbye
Ya know what I mean?
Some are here and some are gone
But they all live on

Saturday nights getting high, now baby
We'd play til the sun hit the water
Poor boys from the bottomland
On the banks of the Glendale River
That's where it all began
On the banks of the Glendale River

Stared out at the ocean one more time
Ya know what I mean?
Many years have passed on by
Just one less sunset to please my eye
Or is it winter and summers gone?
But they all shine on

Saturday nights at the Ice House
We'd play til the sun hit the water
Poor boys from the bottomland
On the banks of the Glendale River
That's where we made our stand
On the banks of the Glendale River
That's where we made our stand
On the banks of the Glendale River

Looked out on my river one last time
Ya know what I mean?
The water gently rolls on by
In my mind it sighs and says to me
How many years to write this song?
Ya know what I mean?

Saturday nights getting high, now baby
We'd play til the sun hit the water
Poor boys from the bottomland
On the banks of the Glendale River
That's where it all began
On the banks of the Glendale River