[Lyric] Marseilles Peru (Sam Tio)

I know you haven’t heard from me, in a couple of years
And last time you did you were dryin’ off my tears
Cause you thought that you knew better, and left me for Joe Changretta
Oh that’s why I’m writin’ you this letter here

Well I never understood why you went with him down the hill
Yeah the river sure is pretty, till she starts to swell
And they say a storm is coming, it’s gonna hit real close to home
So I’m writin’ you this letter, 'cause I thought you’d like to know

That there was a time when I didn’t think I’d get over you
Like the floodwalls in Marseilles and Peru
But like the water I’m rollin’ right past you
And baby so’s your memory and my blues

The boys who built the walls, they went and built ‘em twelve feet tall
With mortar, stone and blood and sweat, and lots of alcohol
But I heard it through the vine, if Illini run gets too high
That the walls won’t hold her down, so you better get outta town

And there was a time when I didn’t think I’d get over you
Like the floodwalls in Marseilles and Peru
But like the water I’m rollin’ right past you
And baby so’s your memory and my blues
Girl there was a time when I didn’t think I’d get over you
Like the floodwalls in Marseilles and Peru
But like the water I’m rollin’ right past you
And baby so’s your memory and my blues