true Or is it something worse that sends me Down to the river though I know the river is dry Down to the river, my baby and I Oh down to the river we
: There's a river runs through this valley Cold and deep and black Comin' like a tombstone shadow across my back (CHORUS) Trouble river, six foot high
: Hey, Eddie, can you lend me a few bucks And tonight can you get us a ride Gotta make it through the tunnel Got a meeting with a man on the other side
Hey, Eddie, can you lend me a few bucks And tonight can you get us a ride Gotta make it through the tunnel Got a meeting with a man on the other side
me down to the river Though I know the river is dry That sends me down to the river tonight Down to the river My baby and I Oh down to the river we ride
Well now you say you've found another man who does things to you that I can't And that no matter what I do it's all over now between me and you girl
When I lost you honey sometimes I think I lost my guts too And I wish God would send me a word send me something I'm afraid to lose Lying in the heat
Well, there she sits buddy justa gleaming in the sun There to greet a working man when his day is done I'm gonna pack my pa and I'm gonna pack my aunt
Driving home she grabs something to eat Turns a corner and drives down her street Into a row of houses she just melts away Like the scenery in another
Well Papa go to bed now it's getting late Nothing we can say is gonna change anything now I'll be leaving in the morning from St. Mary's Gate We wouldn
I met a little girl and I settled down In a little house out on the edge of town We got married, and swore we'd never part Then little by little we
Your Mama's yappin' in the back seat Tell her to push over and move them big feet Every Monday morning I gotta drive her down to the unemployment agency
in your hands Do you remember the story of the promised land How he crossed the desert sands And could not enter the chosen land On the banks of the river
Last night I was out driving Coming home at the end of the working day I was riding alone through the drizzling rain On a deserted stretch of a county
You been hurt and you're all cried out you say You walk down the street pushin' people outta your way You packed your bags and all alone you wanna ride
I see you walking, baby, down the street Pushing that baby carriage at your feet I see that lonely ribbon in your hair Tell me am I the man for whom
I got a 007 watch and it's a one and only It's got a I-Spy beeper that tells me when you're lonely I got a Batmobile so I can reach ya' in a fast shake