Standard (EADGBE)
Lost on the river, dark is the night
Just like the blind, prayin' for sight
Driftin' along, heart filled with strife
I'm lost on the river, the river of life
Once dear I thought, I knew the way
But that was before, ole sad yester day
Words that you told me, cut like a knife
I'm lost on the river, the river of life
Out on this river, where sorrow creeps
Thinking of you, and how my heart weeps
To morrow you'll be nother man's wife
And I'm lost on the river, the river of life