(Jim Weatherly)      There's just no way to tie a river down   No way to hold back the wind   Rain is gonna fall where it wants to fall   And like the sun I'm gonna shine it on again.      The only life I've ever known is driftin' a little   Somethin' I've picked up from my dad   Watchin' the sunset from a town he'd never been   Was the only dream he ever had.      I guess this way of life rubbed off on me   'Cause when I stay in one place too long   I start to hear the strains of a distant melody   And I'm off to sing that old highway song.      There's just no way to tie a river down   No way to hold back the wind   Rain is gonna fall where it wants to fall   And like the sun I'm gonna shine it on again.      Once I met a girl in Colorado   And I thought for a change I'd settled down   But just when I thought I would make it   I was on the highway leadin' out of town.      'Cause wonderin' where that long road would take me   Has it's own special brand of charm   And it doesn't matter how much I'd like to   I can't stay too long in one pair of arms.      There's just no way to tie a river down   No way to hold back the wind   Rain is gonna fall where it wants to fall   And like the sun I'm gonna shine it on again.      There's just no way to tie a river down   No way to hold back the wind   Rain is gonna fall where it wants to fall   And like the sun I'm gonna shine it on again...