Down By The River

Down by the river

The corn is creepin'

I cry for my lover

My lover's sleepin'

Bad as it gets

Gotten worse

I want to run

Had to learn to crawl



The house on fire

The treaty's broken

I call for the law

The law is a token

As bad as it gets

It's gotten worse

I want to run

I had to learn to crawl



This trip is the worst

I don't mean maybe

I call for the captain

She cries like a baby

As bad as it gets

It's gotten worse

I want to run

I had to learn to crawl first



Bye-bye

Bye-bye baby my friend

Bye-bye!

Bye-bye baby

And she cries

And she cries

And she

And then she



I mighta not known

I mighta not guessed

I mighta been fine if she'd never confessed

As bad as it gets

It's gotten worse

I want to run

I had to learn to crawl



Bye-bye

Bye-bye baby my friend

Bye-bye!

Bye-bye baby

It's time to leave

But I don't know when