I'm gonna build me a bridge long enough to take me Somewhere where the past can't chase me Where the rain and the pain will flow right under That river of tears will roll like thunder It's gotta be high, so I don't look down It's gotta be strong enough to hold these blues Girl, I'll be gone, gone, gone, when I get through I'm gonna build me a bridge to get me over you Any zip code town or intersection, Girl, from you there ain't no wrong direction I don't need no bread crumbs on this road-bound When I get go goodbye I don't wanna go back It's gotta be high, so I don't look down It's gotta be strong enough to hold these blues Girl, I'll be gone, gone, gone, when I get through I'm gonna build me a bridge to get me over you I'm gonna build me a bridge to get me over you I'm gonna build me a bridge to get me over you I'm gonna build me a bridge to get me High, so I don't look down It's gotta be strong enough to hold these blues Girl, I'll be gone, gone, gone, when I get through I'm gonna build me a bridge to get me over you