(Moody river moody river)
Moody river more deadly
Than the vainest knife.
Moody river your muddy water
Took my baby's life.

Last saturday evening
Came to the old oak tree.
It stands beside the river
Where you were to meet me.
On the ground your glove I found
With a note addressed to me.
It read "Dear love, I've done you wrong
Now I must set you free".

No longer can I live
With this hurt and this sin,
I just couldn't tell you
That guy was just a friend.

Moody river more deadly
Than the vainest knife.
Moody river your muddy water
Took my baby's life.

I looked into the muddy waters
And what could I see?
I saw a lonely, lonely face just
Lookin' back at me.
Tears in his eyes
And a prayer on his lips
And the glove of his lost love
At his finger tips

Moody river more deadly
Than the vainest knife.
Moody river your muddy water
Took my baby's life.