They drug me down to the old cold river
They’re gonna throw me in
Cause I’ve been caught
sleeping with the daughter
Of the only man in town who can swim
Now I’m facing the old cold river
My back against the wind
They gonna throw me
Down to the bottom of the river
Never to rise again
I’ll sink down,down to the old cold bottom
Down I’ll rest with the fish
I’ll sink down, down to the old cold bottom
Just as her old man wished
The sea sleeps and the moon is hanging
Something I’d rather do
But I’m facing the old cold river
Bed of eternal blue
With no reason to breathe
Without the right to love free
I’ll sleep in the deep
And sink like a drink
Until again when we meet
Let me drown down to the old cold bottom
Down I’ll rest with the fish
I’ll sink down, down to the old cold bottom
Just as her old man wished
They can’t save me
Nobody can save me
They can’t save me now
They can’t save me
I don’t want them to save me
If I must live without I’d rather drown
Down to the old cold bottom
Down I’ll rest with the fish
I’ll sink down, down to the old cold bottom
Just as her old man wished
Yeah I’m facing the old cold river
My back against the wind
They gonna throw me
Down to the bottom of the river
Come on and throw me in
They can’t save me
Nobody can save me
They can’t save me now
They can’t save me
I don’t want them to save me
If I must live without I’d rather drown
Till I rise to the wide open skies
Down to the bottom oh lonely bottom
Till I rise to the wide open skies
Leaving this place where love’s forbidden
A life without her love ain’t worth livin’
Leaving this place where love’s forbidden
A life without her love ain’t worth livin’
Down to the bottom oh lonely bottom
Till I rise to the wide open skies
Down to the bottom oh lonely bottom
Until I rise
I’ll sink down, down to the old cold bottom
Down I’ll rest with the fish
I’ll sink down, down to the old cold bottom
Just as her old man wished
