| Neil Young – Cripple Creek Ferry Lyrics | 4 years ago |
| The song tells the story of two passing ships on the Cripple Creek in Colorado. One vessel is the ferry used to cross the waterway. The other is a riverboat whose passengers include, but are not limited to, it\'s captain and crew, as well as a gambler. The creek, like many of the rivers in the western region, relies on the spring melt for it\'s flow. What starts as a trickle in January becomes a deluge in April. In the later summer the flow slows, and water levels recede. The ferry captain is calling out to the riverboat captain to "make way". In the receding river it will be a "mighty tight squeeze ". The gambler has relieved the riverboat crew of their wages, and they are nowhere to be found. | |
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