My love is like a river She just keeps on rolling along No man ever can keep that girl From moving on Easy as she comes by Easy as she's gone Get down, real down Crying how I love that girl She's as free as heaven on a breeze Lay my burden down Down by the river's edge There I learned to let my lover be ♪ And don't you know I'd hold you (hold you, oh yeah) If I could find a way (oh yeah, oh yeah) If I can only catch you (ooh, catch you, oh yeah) If you would only stay (stay, stay) And don't you know I want you (want you, want you) Baby, baby, baby, baby, stay (stay, yeah) If I could only love you (love me) But girl you keep on Running away Running away Running away Oh, no no, ooh (yeah) My love is like a river