Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die I met her accidentally in St. Paul,

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die I met her accidentally in St. Paul,

Are we left all alone? Mother has no time but she cares for me And she cries all the tears I am joining now the river flow I am three days old Now the time has come, you have to be a man I don't want to destroy The only chance I have to survive down here

Ooh, down by river Down by the river, I was drawn by your grace Into tempest of oblivion and to the lovers-place I was stuck in a puddle, full of tears and unwise Dark doings now I know, that we've paid unlike Honey I know, hey when we walked arm in arm

You may cry me a river I cried I love you A river of tears for you C'mon now and cry me a river of tears Now you say you love me But you cry the whole night through You can cry me a river Oh yes you're goin' to cry me a river 'Cause I cried a river over

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die I met her accidentally in St. Paul,

Drowning in a river, Drowning in a river of tears, Feels like I'm drowning, It's 3 miles to the river, That would carry me away, And 2 miles to the dusty street, That I saw you on Today, It's 4 miles to my lonely room, Where I will hide my face,

And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry I met her accidentally in Saint Paul

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die I met her accidentally in St. Paul,

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die I met her accidentally in St. Paul,