[Intro]
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[Verse]
            
  There's a li

              
ttle girl out 

     
lyin' on her o

wn
           
  She's got a 

       
broken heart
            
  She's not th

              
e kind to take

    
 you down for 

long
           
  She knows an

           
d plays it sma

rt

            
(Ah) And if sh

           
e's comin' she

            
's showed no m


ark
            
  She's heard 

             
no whistle blo

           
win' from the 

   
dark
            
  She feels li

             
ke leavin' and

           
 she don't kno

  
w why
            
  Without no b

              
ridges she's t

      
rapped, so I s

igh

             
  Don't cross 

             
the river if y

             
ou can't swim 

     
the tide
             
  Don't try de

            
nyin' livin' o

            
n the other si

de
         
All your life 
            
You were on yo

   
ur own


[Bridge]
     

            
If you want yo

             
u can ride my 

 
train
           
And soon forge

              
t the reason t

           
hat you're lea

ving
          
Lose yourself 

            
and then somet

ime
           
Maybe even sav

              
e yourself som

  
e grievin'

     
Oh, oh, oh,  o

   
h


[Chorus]
             
  Don't cross 

             
the river if y

             
ou can't swim 

    
the tide
             
  Don't try de

            
nyin' livin' o

            
n the other si

de
             
  Don't cross 

             
the river if y

             
ou can't swim 

      
the tide
             
  Don't try de

            
nyin' livin' o

             
n the other si

de
             
  Don't cross 

             
the river if y

             
ou can't swim 

     
the tide
             
  Don't cross 

             
the river if y

             
ou can't swim 

     
the tide
             
  Don't cross 

             
the river if y

             
ou can't swim 

     
the tide 

(fade out)


[Optional Ending]
(For live version, after last "Don't try denyin' livin' on the other side" line)

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