don t go by the river if you love your wife cause you ll make that girl a widow and you ll cause her pain and strife hell if you go by the riverside you ll lose your l l l l life people by the river they know who s the boss they ll get at fancy city folks no matter what the cost and if you go by the riverside you ll end up l l l l lost there s a bat they call lestat who will sink his teeth in you you might meet a creature from the swampy black lagoon and if the moon is full you might meet the loop garou don t go by the riverside you ll be sorry if you do a young man met a lady and she made this fellow swoon so they went on down to new orleans to elope under the moon he took her by the riverside to give her the heir l l l l loom well the next day he got out of bed and she wasn t by his side he searched the quarter high and low and the bayou far and wide the locals say she ran away but y know they l l l l lied there s a bat they call lestat who will sink his teeth in you you might meet a creature from the swampy black lagoon and if the moon is full you might meet the loop garou don t go by the riverside you ll be sorry if you do  who shivers when they hear my voodoo don t lie to me boy i know you do you better tremble when you hear me call cause you ll make a lovely shrunken head you ll be my favorite voodoo doll hahahaha sting went by the river now he slings on bourbon street and there s that song by concrete blonde about where it s warm and green and if you go by the riverside you ll never l l l l leave there s a bat they call lestat who will sink his teeth in you you might meet a creature from the swampy black lagoon and if the moon is full you might meet the loop garou don t go by the riverside i m singin don t go by that riverside don t go by the riverside cause you might meet me if you do 