when i was a little boy she had a rag doll the only doll she d ever owned now she loves me just the way she loved that rag doll but only now her love has grown yeah but it gets stronger baby in every way oh and it gets deeper baby and let me say oh that it gets higher baby ah day by day do i love you my my river deep mountain high yeah yeah yeah do i love you would i cry oh how i love you baby baby baby heh when i was a little boy i had a puppy that always followed me around and now i m gonna be as faithful as that puppy no i ll never let you down oh and it goes on and on and the river flows and it gets deeper baby and heaven knows oh and it gets sweeter baby but as it grows do i love you my oh my river deep mountain high yeah yeah yeah do i love you would i cry oh how i love you baby baby my baby yeah i love you baby like a flower loves the spring and i love you baby like a robin loves to sing and i love you baby like a schoolboy loves his pie and i love you baby river deep mountain high ahhh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah do i love you my oh my river deep mountain high yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah do i love you would i cry oh i how love you baby baby baby