I was sitting by this river feeling very sad I had lost my girl. the only thing I had But then you might be asking me why I am so glad Well she came back and she loves me, yeah And that's why I'm not sad You see I wrote this letter to her On that fateful day Asking her not to go away Begging her to stay She wrote me back this letter Saying she was oh so sad And she'd come back to me to stay And that's why I'm not sad