I caught you down by the river again

Down where the river girls lie

It's two quiet tearless years it's been

And you still can't say goodbye

You'd have done better to call a friend

You'd have done better to cry



This river's gonna run

Till the sun in the sky

Burns hot enough

To boil it dry

You keep on following

What's running away

Then you might as well yourself

Just lie down with them



Some river girls make their way

To the sea

Some settle into the bed

I caught you down

Trying to figure it out

When you could have been

Calling me instead

Come home

Leave it alone

Lift your pretty face to sun



This river's gonna run

Till the sun in the sky

Burns hot enough

To boil it dry

You keep on following

What's running away

Then you might as well yourself

Just lie down with them



Two quiet tearless years