i d like to dedicate this song to little junior parker a cousin of mine who s gone on but we d like to kinda carry on in his name i sing i don t know why i love you like i do after all these changes that you put me through you stole my money and my cigarettes and i haven t seen hide nor hair of you yet i wanna know won t you tell me am i in love to stay take me to the river and wash me down won t you cleanse my soul put my feet on the ground i don t know why she treated me so bad look at all the things that we could have had love is a notion that i can t forget my sweet sixteen i will never regret i wanna know won t you tell me am i in love to stay  hold me love me please me tease me till i can t till i can t can t take no more take me to the river i don t know why i love you like i do after all the things that you put me through the sixteen candles are burning on my wall turning me into the biggest fool of them all i wanna know can t you tell me am i in love to stay i wanna know take me to the river i wanna know want you to dip me in the water i wanna know won t you wash me in the water wash me in the water wash me in the water won t you wash me in the water feeling good2