If I Owned My Own River

[jodyWayne]

If I owned my own river
I would buy myself a boat.
I would float down that river
Singing a song that I wrote.

 

If I owned a lake of money
I would rent a big dump truck.
I would fill it full of money
and help poor families
down on their luck.

 

If I was a real magician
And my magic was really real.
I would wave my magic wand
and all the sick would be healed.

 

If I was a gospel preacher
I'd preach God's word from shore to shore.
And all lost souls who become believers
could live in heaven for ever more.

 

And If I was an evangel singer
my tongue would be a gospel sward.
We would all raise our voices
and sing praises to our lord.

 

If I owned my own river
I would buy a thousand boats.
we would all float down that river
singing all the gospel songs I wrote.

 

© 2013

Edited May 4, 2013 by jodyWayne

[Azicit1]

This would make a great country gospel song if you could develop a chorus.

[jodyWayne]

This would make a great country gospel song if you could develop a chorus.

Thank you very much Az.

 

It is already a country gospel song.  I worked with chorus' but singing it, the first and last verses made good chorus'.

 

Thanks again,

Wayne

[bluduc]

Definitely gospel with a big band blues beat. Lyrics are fine just the way they are. Don't waste the verses, build a chorus. Insert before preacher and again at the end.  Nice work Jody you got a keeper.

[Kenj]

I like it.  The suggestion that comes to mind is: what can the narrator do?  What does the narrator have?  Reminds me of "If I Had a Hammer".  There, it turns out there is in fact a hammer in possession.  Plus a bell and stuff.  Ain't no lake of money but, QED,  a voice and a song!