I.O.I.I.I.I.I.O.I.O. You know I love getting up in the morning When the sun first strikes the trees All the morning birds are sing above Still bring back memories Of a girl who stood beside me When the rights I did were wrong But she went back down the river Just when I thought I could be strong When I thought I could be strong I.O.I.I.I.I.I.O.I.O.
I.O.I.I.I.I.I.O.I.O. She never told me why she left me But the letter say goodbye Now my mornings are for wondering And my nights to reason why Why the stranger comes to steal the love Of a girl I had hold But she went back down the river Just when I thought I could be strong When I thought I could be strong So I sing