Moody River -
Moody river,more deadly
than the vainest knife.
Moody river,your muddy water
took my baby's life.
Last saturday evening
(I) came to the old oak tree.
That stands beside the river
where you were to meet me.
On the ground you glove I found
with a note addressed to me.
It read,"Dear love,
I've done you wrong.
Now,I must set you free.
No longer can I live
with this hurt and this sin.
I just couldn't tell you
that guy was just a friend."
I looked into the muddy water
and what could I see?
I saw a lonely,lonely face
just looking back at me
tears in his eyes
and a prayer on his lips
and the globe of his lost love
at his finger tips -