Down by the water
Down by riverside
That's where we started
It's where we'll meet for the very last time
I saw her with another
She didn't need to break my heart
But I will always love her
And that's how you write a murder ballad for your darling.
You see my baby was shady under the tree where she met me
I played guitar by the water
So many songs to my dear
She made me feel I was special
She made me feel I was level
Quit drinking booze in the morning
I think I made it a year
My love was cruel and upsetting
When you show up to the wedding
To find she's sharing her bedding with Ricky, Paul and Ramone
Her daddy issues were hidden
And now I'm saying good riddance
I guess the flower has wilted
And now it's back to the combes
Save me of the love I wanted
Beautiful yet just so cold
I had to let her go
I had to let her know
Down by the water
Down by the riverside
That's where we started
It's where we'll meet for the very last time
I saw her with another
She didn't need to break my heart
But I will always love her
And that's how you write a murder ballad for your darling
We used to lay under the shade of the Magnolia
Our secret place along the riverbend
We made a promise then
I thought we never would let go of
But nevermore shall I see my love again
I told her what I saw and said "where do we go from here?"
She began to weep and so I whispered in her ear
I told her that I loved her and I'll miss her when she's gone
One more time I serenade her with a song (here it goes):
I just began to see you as somebody that I trusted
I'm haunted by you honestly so beautiful and cold
Living in your winter I've forgotten what the sun is
No compass for to follow so I don't where to go
Your draining me love
And it pains me to part
I don't want to move on
But your forcing my hand
Now talk to me mama cause you're breaking my heart
And if you walk with me mama I'm a fortunate man
Down by the water
Down by the riverside
That's where it started
It's where we'll meet for the very last time
I saw her with another
She didn't need to break my heart
But I will always love her
And that's how you write a murder ballad for your darling
Let me tell you 'bout my girlfriend
Baby girl she a whirlwind
Everywhere I go
Everyone I know
Telling me about how she be creeping on the low
See she breakin' my heart
I put it in her hands and she ripped it apart
Maybe I'm a fool but Imma 'prolly take her back
Cause the way she puts it down is unmatched
It hurts so bad
She was all I had
My baby's in the bushes and she's lying on her back
(And just like that, he was gone.
And her? Well she's dead)
(Dead wrong)
Down by the water
Down by the riverside
That's where we started
It's where we'll meet for the very last time
I saw her with another
She didn't need to break my heart
But I will always love her
And that's how you write a murder ballad for your darling