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