I took a walk today Through these gray and dirty streets Thinking of you, missing you And hoping that we'd meet I didn't tell my legs where to go They just walked down to the dock I sat on the edge fighting a shiver Telling everything I hurt inside And the river cried 'Cause I lost your love The river cried, oh The river cried For my lonely soul The river cried You were the only one Who really knew me You were the only one In whom I'd confide And hearing this The river cried I saw myself today Through these gray and dirty streets Did you have to leave this town Or did you just have to leave me? All these questions in my mind I didn't see the signs? The river keeps flowing, I can't keep going Waiting for you to return my sigh And the river cried 'Cause I lost your love The river cried, oh The river cried For my lonely soul The river cried You were the only one Who really knew me You were the only one In whom I'd confide And hearing this The river cried And the river cried 'Cause I lost your love The river cried, oh The river cried For my lonely soul The river cried, oh And the river cried 'Cause I lost your love The river cried And the river cried For my lonely soul The river cried, oh The river cried The river cried The river cried The river cried