River Of Time

I'm holding back a flood of tears
Just thinking 'bout those happy years
Like all the good times that are no more
My love is gone...gone...gone forever more

Silence so deep only my soul can hear
Says now the past is what i fear
The future isn't what it used to be
Only today is all that's promised me

Flow on, river of time
Wash away the pain and heal my mind
Flow on, river of time
Carry me away
And leave it all far behind
Flow on river of time

We're all driven by the winds of change
Seems like nothing ever stays the same
It's fate that guides me around the bend
Life's forever beginning, beginning again

Flow on, river of time
Wash away the pain and heal my mind
Flow on, river of time
Carry me away
And leave it all far behind
Flow on river of time

Carry me away and heal my mind
Flow on, river of time
Carry me away and heal my mind
Flow on, river of time
Flow on
Carry me away and heal my mind

Flow on river of time
Flow on
Flow on river of time

Do i dare show him lovin'?
Do i go for double or nothin'?
Do i act like i don't care?
Or, do i dare?

Do i do what my heart's sayin'?
Do i hide my love awaitin'?
Make believe that he's not there?
Or, do i dare?

This girl's got a problem
She don't know what to do
If there's some way of tellin'
When a man is true

Will he love me faithfully?
Will he leave me blue?
Should i run?
Or, could this be the one?

Do i dare jump in the middle?
Sure, i care more than a little
If he don't fall, i'll loose it all
Tell me, do i dare?

Do i dare?
Do i dare?

Do i tell him that i've held him
In my dreams so tight?
Well, could i risk one little kiss?
Or, should i take a chance tonight?

Do i do what my heart's sayin'?
Do i hide my love awaitin'?
Make believe that he's not there?
Or, do i dare?

Lord, do i dare?
Lord, do i dare?

She was sitting cross-legged on a hood of a ford
Filing down her nails with a emory board
Talking to her friends about people they knew
And all of the things that young girls do

When she said, "you see that guy in the baseball cap?
I'd like to spend some time with a boy like that."
Betty said, "i've seen him at the hardware store.
I think his name is billy, but i'm not sure."

And as they talked a little while he passed by
She smiled at him he just said "hi."
He was thinking to himself as he walked away
Man, i'd like to find a girl like her someday

(chorus)

Young love, strong love, true love
It's a new love
Their gonna make it through the hard times
Walk those lines
Yeah, these ties will bind
Young love

Well, she just couldn't stop herself from thinking 'bout him
And at a store downtown she saw him again
She had both hands full, he held open the door
He said, "my name is billy. i've seen you before.

Can i help you with these? can i give you a ride?
Can i take you out on a saturday night?"
She didn't have to say what she was feeling inside
He could see the answer shining in her eyes

(chorus)

Well, from that day on you couldn't keep them apart
They were side by side, heart to heart
Mama cried as billy slipped the ring on her hand
And when the baby was born she was crying again

Well, he worked real hard and put some money down
On a little old house at the edge of town
And that night as he held her he couldn't believe
That god had made a girl that he'd never ever leave

(chorus)

She was sitting cross-legged on the hood of a ford
Filing down her nails with an emory board

High and dry in the long hot day
Lost and lonely in every way
Got the flats all around me, sky up above
Yes, i need a little water of love

I've been too long lonely and my heart feels pain
Cryin' out for some soothing rain
I believe i've taken enough
Yes, i need a little water of love

(chorus)

Water of love, deep in the ground
But there ain't no water here to be found
Someday, baby, when the river runs free
It'll carry that water of love to me

Once i had a man i could call my own
Once i had a man, now my man is gone
Once there was a river, now there's a stone
You know it's evil when you're living alone

(repeat chorus)

There are guys who will lie
Then they'll hang you out to dry
But not my baby
Promise you everything
Then they never buy the ring
But not my baby
Say they're out with their pals
When they're seein' other gals
But not my baby

And they think it's a crime
When they have to spend a dime
But not my baby
Bring you gifts now and then
Always from the five and ten
But not my baby
And i've heard stories of
Guys afraid to fall in love
But not my baby

(chorus)

I don't have to dream
My dream baby
He's the sweetest dream
That's already come true
And every time we touch, just touch
I can feel how very much
How much he loves me
Not my baby
No, not my baby

(repeat chorus)

There are guys that i've seen
Who are wrong or being mean
But not my baby
Getting mad, getting cross
If you don't let them be boss
But not my baby

Yes, i've sure got a lot
And the best thing that i've got
I've got my baby
And i know he will stay
He will never go away
No, not my baby
No, not my baby
No, not my baby
No, not my baby