RED RIVER LYRICS, PHILOSOPHY & WHY

More than a month has passed since we were all at Red River. I can assure you that since then, my stories have become
bigger just like a good fishing trip! I hope everyone enjoyed all the food (sorry about that chicken and dumpling thing.) But
even more, I hope that everyone enjoyed the music. Susan and I love having a captive audience! I’m sure that everyone knows
by now that I had written “Campfires and Drinkin” due to a conversation I had with Paul the prior year. But I thought everyone
might like to hear where the inspiration for “Red River” came from. Plus, I thought maybe you would just like to have the words.
So, here it is line by line with the breakdown of who, what and why.

RED RIVER
By Cindi Hanson-Page 10/04
© CATSEYE LYRICS 2005

In 1977 we started a friendly tradition

Each year one week in Heaven

By special invitation

Some years they are the same ……… (this came from just looking at the website)

Some years they are so different

But one thing will always remain

There’s one who will always go the distance … (this is obviously Greg who has kept this function alive all these years.)

CHORUS

Red River you call back the women and the men

Each year to return to Indian Glen

To gather round the fire

Look up and count the stars …. (DW had pointed out to me how many stars you could see out there)

Remember that we’re friends

Remember who we are ... (this is the most important line in the whole song. It’s just a reminder that it doesn’t matter
what you do or how important you are out in life. At the trip, you’re only as good as your friends view you, how much they
can trust and rely on you, not to mention what value you bring to the trip itself. This is why I cook now!)

Some came to fall in love ... (this was about several people, myself included. But mainly I was thinking about DW and Tara)

Some came to forget their lives … (I think this is all of us to a certain extent)

Some came to be one with God … (I figure if you didn’t, you should)

And one came to make a girl his wife (Jon and Wendy Morris.)

Some grew up came back and brought their children … (this is a bunch, Sue, Mike, Scott H, Andrew, probably more)

Some grew up came back all alone (me)

The new and old come for different reasons … (John R and Paul)

So close but so far from their homes … (anyone from Hazard or Lexington)

CHORUS REPEAT

One by one the tents come down … (I watched this on the last day and just thought it was sad. I wasn’t ready
for it to be over.)

We say our good byes thru the tears

We take what we brought but leave these grounds ... (this line came from the little film that Greg made us watch
at the Outpost)

Embedded with the memories til next year

CHORUS REPEAT

In 1977, we started a friendly tradition

Each year, one week in Heaven

By special invitation …

Okay … that’s it. I hope everyone liked the song. I felt a little guilty writing it, feeling like I should have attended a
few more of those interim years to have more of the “experience” of it. But hopefully, it captured the “essence” of the trip,
what it means or at least, what it should mean. I hope you all agree.

DEFINITIONS BETWEEN GENDERS

1. THINGY (thing-ee) n.
Female . . . Any part under a car's hood.
Male . . . The strap fastener on a woman's bra.

2. VULNERABLE (vul-ne-ra-bel) adj.
Female . . . Fully opening up one's self emotionally to another.
Male . . . Playing football without a cup.

3. COMMUNICATION (ko-myoo-ni-kay-shon) n.
Female . . . The open sharing of thoughts and feelings with one's partner.
Male . . . Leaving a note before taking off on a fishing trip with the boys.

4. COMMITMENT (ko-mit-ment) n.
Female . . . A desire to get married and raise a family.
Male . . . Trying not to hit on other women while out with this one.

5. ENTERTAINMENT (en-ter-tayn-ment) n.
Female . . . A good movie, concert, play or book.
Male . . . Anything that can be done while drinking beer.

6. FLATULENCE (flach-u-lens) n.
Female . . . An embarrassing byproduct of indigestion.
Male . . . A source of entertainment, self-_expression, male bonding.

7. MAKING LOVE (may-king luv) n.
Female . . . The greatest _expression of intimacy a couple can achieve.
Male . . . Call it whatever you want, just as long as we do it.

8. REMOTE CONTROL (ri-moht kon-trohl) n.
Female . . . A device for changing from one TV channel to another.
Male . . . A device for scanning through all 375 channels every 5 minutes.

AND

He said . . . What have you been doing with all the grocery money I gave you?
She said . . . Turn sideways and look in the mirror!

He said . . . How many men does it take to change a roll of toilet paper?
She said . . . We don't know; it has never happened.

He said . . . Why is it difficult to find men who are sensitive, caring and Good- looking?
She said . . . They already have boyfriends.

He said . . . What do you call a women who knows where her husband is every night?
She said . . . A widow.

He said . . . Why are married women heavier than single women?
She said . . . Single women come home, see what's in the fridge and go to bed.
Married women come home, see what's in bed and go to the fridge.