I swallow the truth to keep from lying I was diving, I was diving Yeah, I surfaced when all of my being was enlightened I shut and locked the front door No way in or out I turned and walked the hallways And pulled the curtains down yeah I knelt and

If the river was whiskey I would be a diving duck I would swim to the bottom, but I would drink my way up If you were a good woman I would never have to roam River go to the ocean, ocean go to the sea I'd give up drinking whiskey and I would always stay

If the river was whiskey I would be a diving duck I would swim to the bottom, but I would drink my way up If you were a good woman I would never have to roam River go to the ocean, ocean go to the sea I'd give up drinking whiskey and I would always stay

Wasn't looking for love 'til I found you Ooh na-na ayy For love, 'til I found you (oh) Been breaking for a lifetime for you Been waiting for a lifetime for you I'm free as a bird I'm diving in deep You're swimming in my veins When I'm flying in your cage

If the sea was whiskey and I was a diving duck With a matchbox on my clothes They don't make me drunk I'd dive to the bottom and I don't know if I'd come up Well, I'm just here wondering Yes, I'm just here wondering You know if things don't get no better

Going to Louisiana, baby, behind the sun If the river was whiskey and I was a diving duck You know I just found out My trouble's just begun I'm going to New Orleans get me a Mojo Hand I would swim to the bottom Drink myself back up I'm gonna get you