When the sun is going down And the nighttime blots you eyes And I don't know where I am Will you call me to your side? Baby I love you, and I want you to be alright Maybe I need you, honey, to help me through the night Nobody tells you how to do it Nobody else is going through it Nobody else can understand And I, I need you tonight When the rain is coming down And the river flowing hard And our love begins to drown Will you pull me up somehow? Will you pull me up somehow? Baby I love you, and I want you to be alright Maybe I need you, honey, to help me through the night Nobody tells you how to do it Nobody else is going through it Nobody else can understand And I, I need you tonight Oh take me to the holy water Baby, and baptize me Let me hear the singers singing, "We'll shall be set free" Take me to the Mississippi River Baby, and bury me In the holy water there for all eternity Baby I love you, and I want you to be alright Maybe I need you, honey, to help me through the night Nobody tells you how to do it Nobody else is going through it Nobody else can understand And I, I need you tonight