My love is like a river She just keeps on rolling along No man ever can keep that girl From moving on Easy as she comes by Easy as she's gone Get down, real down Crying how I love that girl She's as free as heaven on a breeze Lay my burden down Down by the river's edge There I learned to let my lover be And don't you know I'd hold you If I could find a way If I could only catch you If only you would stay And don't you know I want you Baby, baby, baby, baby, stay If I could only love you But girl, you keep on Running away, running away, running away Oh no My love is like a river