[Intro]
Moody river
Moody river

[Chorus]
Moody river, more deadly than the vainest knife
Moody river, your muddy water took my baby's life

[Verse 1]
Last Saturday evenin' came to the old oak tree
It stands beside the river where you were to meet me
On the ground, your glove I found with a note addressed to me
It read "Dear love, I've done you wrong, now I must set you free"
No longer can I live with this hurt and this sin
I just couldn't tell you that guy was just a friend"

[Chorus]
Moody river, more deadly than the vainest knife
Moody river, your muddy water took my baby's life

[Verse 2]
I looked into the muddy water and what could I see?
I saw a lonely, lonely face just lookin' back at me
Tears in his eyes and a prayer on his lips
And the glove of his lost love at his fingertips
[Chorus]
Moody river, more deadly than the vainest knife
Moody river, your muddy water took my baby's life

[Outro]
Moody river
Moody river
Moody river
Moody river
I ain't going swimming on air, baby