Going To The River

You know I was just thinking there for
A minute about that thing in the blues
About that love affair between a woman and a man
You know that's a popular subject in the blues you know
You know sometimes it can be really sweet
And sometimes it can be really bad
I don't know that I have been to this extreme before
But I can imagine that I have felt like it sometimes
But I can sympathize with the guy who wrote this song
He wrote

Well I'm going to the river
Jump overboard and drown
Said I'm going to the river
Gonna jump overboard and drown
Because you know the woman that I love
She done put me down

Well said I'm going to the river
I'm gonna jump overboard and drown
Then I'm going to the river
Gonna jump overboard and drown
Because you know the woman that I love
She done put me down

And when she left me
I hung my head and I cried
And when she left me
I hung my head and I cried
I felt so bad
That I thought that I would die

That's why I'm going to the river
I'm gonna jump overboard and drown
Then I'm going to the river
I'm gonna jump overboard and drown
Because you know the woman that I love
She done put me down

And if you see my mother
Tell her this for me
And if you see my mother
Tell her this for me
That I'm tired of living
That I'm living in misery

That's why I'm going to the river
Gonna jump overboard and drown
Then I'm going to the river
Gonna jump overboard and drown
Because you know the woman that I love
She done put me down