i ve been all across the country and i ve stayed in every town you see i m trying to find my baby and he ain t nowhere around i can t understand it you know which way i m heading if my baby cant be found oh yeah well i spoke to the river and the river the river spoke back to me it said oh you look so lonely and so much full of misery yes you do now if you can t find your baby come on girl and make your home with me oh yeah i don t want to leave him no i know i know hes still alive and someday i m going to find him and he s gonna take me for a ride yes he will now and then we ll live forever and ever and ever forever and ever among the tides oh yes we will just in case i don t find him i m going to take that river s invitation river s invitation oh oh the river oh oh the river oh the river yeah oh river s invitation yeah the river