Old Cold River

They drug me down to the old cold river

They’re gonna throw me in

Cause I’ve been caught

sleeping with the daughter

Of the only man in town who can swim

Now I’m facing the old cold river

My back against the wind

They gonna throw me

Down to the bottom of the river

Never to rise again

I’ll sink down,down to the old cold bottom

Down I’ll rest with the fish

I’ll sink down, down to the old cold bottom

Just as her old man wished

The sea sleeps and the moon is hanging

Something I’d rather do

But I’m facing the old cold river

Bed of eternal blue

With no reason to breathe

Without the right to love free

I’ll sleep in the deep

And sink like a drink

Until again when we meet

Let me drown down to the old cold bottom

Down I’ll rest with the fish

I’ll sink down, down to the old cold bottom

Just as her old man wished

They can’t save me

Nobody can save me

They can’t save me now

They can’t save me

I don’t want them to save me

If I must live without I’d rather drown

Down to the old cold bottom

Down I’ll rest with the fish

I’ll sink down, down to the old cold bottom

Just as her old man wished

Yeah I’m facing the old cold river

My back against the wind

They gonna throw me

Down to the bottom of the river

Come on and throw me in

They can’t save me

Nobody can save me

They can’t save me now

They can’t save me

I don’t want them to save me

If I must live without I’d rather drown

Till I rise to the wide open skies

Down to the bottom oh lonely bottom

Till I rise to the wide open skies

Leaving this place where love’s forbidden

A life without her love ain’t worth livin’

Leaving this place where love’s forbidden

A life without her love ain’t worth livin’

Down to the bottom oh lonely bottom

Till I rise to the wide open skies

Down to the bottom oh lonely bottom

Until I rise

I’ll sink down, down to the old cold bottom

Down I’ll rest with the fish

I’ll sink down, down to the old cold bottom

Just as her old man wished