They baptized me one fine day Down at the river's edge All my sins are washed away Like water under the bridge I had a little girl and her eyes were blue She lived just over the ridge Her love ran deep and her love ran true Like water under the bridge Sailin' away on a paper boat As far as I can go All the way to New Orleans And the Gulf of Mexico ♪ River run clear and the river run clean And the river run rough sometime The river run wild and it run serene Just like a friend of mine Come tie my troubles in a gunnysack And throw 'em over the edge Sailin' away and I won't be back Like water under the bridge Sailin' away on a paper boat As far as I can go All the way to New Orleans And the Gulf of Mexico now You might be a saint, you might be a sinner You might be Billy The Kid You might crap out or roll a winner It's water under the bridge I'm sailin' away on a paper boat As far as I can go All the way to New Orleans And the Gulf of Mexico All the way to New Orleans And the Gulf of Mexico Sailin' away on a paper boat As far as I can go