[Intro]



[Verse 1]
            
I've loved a r

          
iver like you 

before
            
I'm the one to

 
 blame
              
He washed away

    
 my cleverness
              
And hallowed o

      
ut my name
            
I've loved a r

         
iver like you 

before
            
The deep and t

         
hundering kind
              
He rushed into

    
 my belly and
              
Clouded over m

  
y eyes


[Chorus]
            
If you wanted 

            
to be happy, w

            
hich I somehow

    
 doubt
            
I could swallo

            
w your river i

           
f you opened y

     
our mouth


[Verse 2]
             
I've loved a r

           
iver like you 

before
            
You can't scar

      
e me away
              
I've tamed the

      
 moss up on th

e rocks
              
And molded the

     
 red clay


[Chorus]
            
If you wanted 

            
to be happy, w

            
hich would be 

         
a surprise
            
I could swallo

            
w your sorrow 

           
if you opened 

        
your eyes


[Verse 3]
            
I've loved a r

          
iver like you 

before
            
I'm a river to


o
              
So you can run

 
 into me
              
And I'll run i

      
nto you


[Interlude]
     
     


[Chorus]
            
If you wanted 

            
to be happy, w

            
hich I somehow

      
 doubt
            
I could swallo

            
w your river i

            
f you opened y

    
our mouth


[Outro]
            
I've loved a r

          
iver like you 

before
            
If only I were

   
 wise
              
I never learne

     
d to turn and 

run
              
When I saw the

       
 water rise


[Outro]