But alas I cannot swim There is gold across the river But I don't want none Saying work more, earn more Live more, have more fun If she refuses to be mine? And what will you do with a girl there's a house across the river there's a boy across the river

It's time that I make time for that Take a deep breath of mountain air Put on my glove and play some catch Wade the shore and cast a line Look up a long lost friend of mine Sit on the porch and give my girl a kiss Start livin', that's the next thing on

I wanna see you but you're not mine I didn't even see you when I liked you Now I ain't got no time Girl I wanna see you undo it Twist around the lounge Sun drowns the house Stick another pill in my head and go to bed We're not doing it again so leave it

I wanna see you but you're not mine I didn't even see you when I liked you Now I ain't got no time Girl I wanna see you undo it Twist around the lounge Sun drowns the house Stick another pill in my head and go to bed We're not doing it again so leave it

La la la la la la, la la la la la la How I wish that you were mine You're the only girl my heart beats for My cherie amour, lovely as a summer day My cherie amour, distant as the milky way My cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore In a cafe or

We do the bad boy boogie Have a drink on the boys We'll entertain you in style I got my finger in the pie It's just a lick and a promise In the back seat of my car Found a girl she's mama's pride I tatooed her and now she's mine

I can't see your wings, but girl, you're an angel Oh, my, my angel Oh, my, I cannot believe my eyes Oh, my, did you fall from the skies? You're so out of this world, you're hiding your halo Oh, oh, my angel Won't you be mine? My angel Oh, my angel Within

You've talking about your woman, I wish to God, man, that you could see You're talking about your woman, I wish to God that you could see mine Every time the little girl start to loving, she bring eyesight to the blind Lord, her daddy must been a

It's time that I make time for that Take a deep breath of mountain air Put on my glove and play some catch Wade the shore and cast a line Look up a long lost friend of mine Sit on the porch and give my girl a kiss Start livin', that's the next thing on

Then she's in control What would it take for you to just leave with me? And when a girl is with one I can't think for no one Gonna be here all the time I don't know 'bout your girl But I know she ain't touchin' mine