TWO BRIDGES

VS	BACK IN 1928 IT SHUT THE FERRY DOWN
	AND CONNECTED SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TO OUR MISSOURI TOWN
	ITS’ BEAMS HAVE SEEN MODEL Ts AND HUM Vs COME AND GO
	THAT RUSTY ‘OL RIVER BRIDGE I’M GONNA MISS HER SO

VS	DOWNSTREAM ABOUT A QUARTER MILE CONSTRUCTION’S ALMOST THROUGH
	ON THE EMERSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE SHINY AND NEW
	IT’S HI TECH LIGHTED CABLES AND FOUR TRAFFIC LANES 
	WILL REPLACE THAT ‘OL RIVER BRIDGE THOUGH HER MEMORY WILL STILL REMAIN

CH	TWO BRIDGES ONE CENTURY APART
	ONE’S A RUSTY RELIC ONE’S A MODERN WORK OF ART
	BOTH ARE MEMORIES SET IN STEEL FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
	TWO BRIDGES ONE CENTURY APART 

VS	BACK IN 1958 IN THE BACKSEAT OF DAD’S CAR
	I HAD A BIRDSEYE VIEW OF THAT RED RIVER BARGE
	CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI WITH THE WIND IN MY HAIR
	OF ALL THE SIGHTS I’VE EVER SEEN I WISH I COULD GO BACK THERE

BR	THEY’VE GOT THAT BRIDGE IN BROOKLYN THEY SELL IT EVERYDAY
	AND SAN FRANCISCO HAS A FINE ONE HANGING IN THEIR BAY
       I’VE SEEN THE ONE IN LONDON THEY SAY IS FALLING DOWN
        BUT MY FAVORITE WILL ALWAYS BE THE BRIDGE
       THAT TAKES ME BACK TO MY HOMETOWN

CHORUS

TAG	TWO BRIDGES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS