2018 SMRA NEWS Online (NXPowerLite Copy)

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Member of the Year
Who Knows?
This year our board of
directors chose life
member Bill Carpan for
his volunteer work on
our Information Technology
Committee.
Bill’s photo is from the
70’s. Today he’s not
exactly as shown.
Bill penned this song as
a celebration of life,
spirituality & his
thoughts of the St.
Mary’s River. He hears
it as a soulful gospel
song with a hint of kickass
zydeco & a nose of
pure old country blues.
We don’t know how the old river flows, uh-uh
We don’t know how the old river flows, oh-no
We might get where the old river flows
If we watch the shags, seagulls and crows
No one knows how the old river flows, oh-no!
God He knows how the old river flows, uh-huh
God He knows how the old river flows, yeh-yeh
We just know that she goes and goes
Startin’ in the highs and flowin’ to the lows
We’ll never know how the old river flows, oh-no!
Fish they know how the old river flows, uh-huh
Fish they know how the old river flows, yeh-yeh
If the water is good and the fish they grows
Leapin’ and splashin’ where the water slows
Fish they know how the old river flows, yeh-yeh!
Li’l kids learn how the old river flows, uh-huh
Li’l kids learn how the old river flows, yeh-yeh
In their little boat they rows and rows
Divin’ and swimmin’ without any clothes
Li’l kids learn how the old river flows, yeh-yeh!
Elders know how the old river flows, uh-huh
Elders know how the old river flows, yeh-yeh
They learned from God and the fishes and crows
Recalling’ precious times with the people they knows
They studied hard how the old river flows, yeh-yeh!
God’s children know how the old river flows, uh-huh
God’s children know how the old river flows, yeh-yeh
We casts our flies where the old river flows
And floats them over a big fish’s nose
Teachin’ us well how the old river flows, yeh-yeh!
Now the groove starts, fading toward the end ....
Gotta fish that river, it flows it flows
Gotta go to church, I knows I knows
Gotta plant my seeds, in rows in rows
Gotta mend my jeans, I sews and sews
Gotta mow my lawn, it grows and grows
Gotta feed my rooster, he crows and crows
Gotta drive my car, it goes and goes
Gotta wash my face, my nose my nose
Gotta call my sister, and bros and bros
Gotta face that wind, it blows and blows
Gotta help my friends, and foes and foes
Gotta water my flowers, my rose my rose
Gotta open some doors, and close and close
Gotta float my boat, I rows and rows
Gotta get some of these, and those and those
Gotta fix her hair, with bows and bows
Gotta pay the man, I owes I owes
Gotta see my baby, I goes I goes
Gotta light my candle, it glows and glows
Gotta shake it all to, and fros and fros
Gotta hit my highs, and lows and lows
Gotta win my fight, with blows and blows
Gotta shoot my arrow, with bows with bows
Gotta wash my fingers, and toes and toes
Gotta play my horn, I blows and blows
Gotta bring it on down, I slows I slows
Gotta be so happy, no woes no woes
Gotta watch TV, the shows the shows
Gotta read my bible, I knows I knows
Gotta weed my onions, I hoes and hoes
Gotta send for the doctor, I'm low, I'm low
Gotta move on past, the so and sos
Gotta weigh the cons, and pros and pros
Gotta play my bass, with bows and bows
Gotta get so cool, I froze and froze
Gotta be so tired, I doze and doze
Gotta strip right down, no clothes no clothes
Gotta vote today, I chose I chose
Gotta write my story, in prose in prose
Gotta get real tall, I grows and grows
Gotta get on home, I spose I spose
To record this, contact Bill at (902) 318-5117