The boat's up the river and it won't come down Then I believe to my soul, that I'm waterbound If the river was whiskey and I was a duck Lord, I'd dive to the bottom and I'd never come up The boat's up the river and it won't come down Then I believe to my soul, that I'm waterbound Going down to the river, bring my rocking chair If that blues overtakes me, rock away from here Going down to the river, gonna set right down If the blues overtake me, jump in the river and drown