There was a club across the river Across the bridge to Arkansas The people there They didn't care about the law I met this girl she made me shiver When she danced all through the night But when sister Charlie sang He made everything right She came up every night From across the ridge Now I gotta go back across the Mississippi-Arkansas bridge One night I swear I saw an angel She would laugh, dance, and sing She came to hear the music Sonny Boy and B.B. King I left for drinks and she kept dancing I left her all alone But when I came back She was gone, gone, gone She came up every night From across the ridge Now I gotta go back across the Mississippi-Arkansas bridge There was a club across the river Across the bridge to Arkansas She came up every night From across the ridge Now I gotta go back across the Mississippi-Arkansas bridge She came up every night From across the ridge Now I gotta go back across the Mississippi-Arkansas bridge