There's a bullet in the gun, the gun went missing Suspicion blew up like a shotgun shell Zipping your lips, keep the truth in prison Gonna throw away the key like you can't make bail ♪ The cat's in the bag, the bag's in the river And the river runs deep and the deep stays down Better dot your "I's", the lie's getting bigger Don't lead 'em to the needle in the haystack The deep stays down The deep stays down The river runs deep and the deep stays down The deep stays down The deep stays down The river runs deep and the deep stays- I, I thought I told you I thought I told you that the deep stays- I, I thought I told you The river runs deep and the deep stays down ♪ The trap got sprung, I read it in the paper And the paper got read all over this town The jury's still hung, got a snake oil savior Who's trying catch a fox in the henhouse now The deep stays down The deep stays down The river runs deep and the deep stays down The deep stays down The deep stays down The river runs deep and the deep stays- I, I thought I told you I thought I told you that the deep stays- I, I thought I told you The river runs deep and the deep stays down ♪ I, I thought I told you I thought I told you that the deep stays- I, I thought I told you I thought I told you that the deep stays- I, I thought I told you I thought I told you that the deep stays- I, I thought I told you I thought I told you that the deep stays- The deep stays down The deep stays down The river runs deep and the deep stays down The deep stays down The deep stays down The river runs deep and the deep stays- Pray for rain, it's a bone dry summer Been sweating like a mother and the sun just beats Who they gonna blame? Who's a-gonna pay for every single secret that the river don't keep?