i ve got a lover way over there on the mountainside and i know that s where i should be don t you know i ve got a lover way over there across the river wide and i can hear her calling to me oh she s calling my name so sweet and so plain and i can hear her saying i m on my way and i m gonna stay they tell me that the river s too deep and it s much too wide son you just can t make it to the other side but they don t know i got to get there and hold her in my arms just one more time like i did before when she was mine all mine oh she s a calling my name so sweet and so plain and i can hear her saying i m gonna get to you no matter what i have to do hold on hold on they tell me that the river s too deep and it s much too wide son you just can t make it to the other side but they don t know i got to get there and hold her in my arms just one more time like i did before when she was mine all mine and baby when i get there girl i ain t going nowhere girl i got to tell you that the river ain t deep enough the mountain ain t steep enough to keep me from your side i tell you i m on my way and i m gonna stay hold on baby hold on hold on baby let me tell you that the river ain t deep enough the mountain ain t steep enough