i keep on runnin baby i keep on runnin but i just can t hide no i just can t hide i keep on hurtin baby i keep on hurtin so deep inside so deep inside lord i need your smile child like the one i once knew made my grass green my blue skies blue lord was time when 2 was 1 tell me now girl where ve all the good times gone lord i say i m gonna cry me a river wash my blues away i m gonna cry me a river girl you is my riverboat oh yeah baby take me away i m reachin out my hand won t you please help me to my feet once again oh once again tears fallin like rain lord it s a time when everybody needs a friend now girl where you been yeah oh take away child lord i say i m gonna cry me a river wash my blues away i m gonna cry me a river lo wash my blues away i m gonna cry me a river wash my blues away yeah i m gonna cry me a river girl you is my riverboat oh yeah mm baby come take me away ah yeah