Olá.

Eu gostaria de saber porque foi usado present perfect nesta música, afinal de contas, está se referindo ao passado. Obrigado.

There's no more corn in the Brazos:

Well, you've driven that bully till he went stone blind. 

You've come on the river in 1904. 
You could find many dead men on every turn of the road.

You've been on the river 1910. 
Well, they're drivin the women like they drive the men.