The Riverwitch

We used to go walking

Out in the moonlight

Down by the river

In love's own sweet town

Lanterns still hang

On the shoreline

But that old love of mine

She's nowhere around

I ain't asking no one

For promises of heaven

I'm gonna wait by the river

'Til my lover comes around

I'm gonna wait by the river

'Til my lover comes around

The sound of the whistle

Will echo forever

It ripples like water

Around my poor head

She sings like the sirens

The river man's daughter

She's gone from her lover

In his rocky bed

I said, I ain't asking no one

For promises of heaven

I'm gonna sit by the river

'Til my lover comes around

I'm gonna wait by the river

'Til my lover comes around

Love falls as leaves do

Making a blanket

Under the branches

Where new love will grow

The witch of the river

Can cast a spell on you

Don't make her the only love

That you'll ever know

Oh, Lord

I ain't asking no one

For promises of heaven

I'm gonna wait by the river

'Til my lover comes around

I'm gonna wait by the river

'Til my lover comes around

The river witch

I'm gonna sit right down

And I'm gonna wait by the river

'Til my lover comes around