Well, take me back down where cool water flows, yeah Let me remember things I love Stoppin' at the log where catfish bite Walkin' along the river road at night Barefoot girls dancin' in the moonlight I can hear the bullfrog callin' me Wonder if my rope's still hangin' to the tree Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water Shoefly, dragonfly, get back to your mother Pick up a flat rock, skip it across Green River Well Up at Cody's camp I spent my days, oh With flat car riders and cross-tie walkers Old Cody, Junior took me over Said, "You're gonna find the world is smould'rin' And if you get lost come on home to Green River" Well Come on home

Too many people, too much to love And i can't learn my lesson, can't focus on one So i run from the people who love me the most And when i come back, they are already ghosts Cause i give too little and wanted too much And i know it's not fair, but don't give me up Don't give me up Don't give me up Lie by the green river banks I need their love, paid in advance It's harder to stay, everytime But don't get me wrong I want this to stop Don't give me up Too much to say, too little time And my head can't afford to leave something behind And i run between faces too fast for 'em to sigh And then when i leave, well they don't really mind Cause i give too little and wanted too much And i know it's not fair, but don't give me up Don't give me up Don't give me up Lie by the green river banks I need their love, paid in advance It's harder to stay, everytime But don't get me wrong I want this to stop Don't give me up Lie by the green river banks I need their love, paid in advance It's harder to stay, everytime But don't get me wrong I want this to stop Don't give me up

Put on your old black dress And grab your dancing shoes Head out to the old bar Rose And we'll dance away our blues Spent all week waiting Now my mind's on you Hold my loving arms My loving arms are for you Yeah, yeah I'm so tired of the nine to five Weighing down on my soul Let's get out all of this uptown life And head out on the country road Forget about all the things that We can't make right Put on a little Emmyloo And we'll dance into the night Singing, hold my loving arms My loving arms are for you I said, hold my loving arms My loving arms are for you Come on All we need is time, honey No, no, all we need is time Honey, I don't Don't run from the love Sit on the front porch Kick off your shoes We don't need nowhere to go We don't need a tune In a world That gets lost in making plans Just be my woman Yeah, and I will be your man Yeah All we need is time, alright Yeah, yeah, all we need is time Hold my loving arms My loving arms are for you I said, hold my loving arms My loving arms are for you Singing, hold my loving arms My loving arms are for you I said, hold my loving arms My loving arms are for you Put on your old black dress And grab your dancing shoes Head out to the old bar Rose And we'll dance away our blues

Give me one thing you love, girl, that makes you hurt And I'll be there ten days before you call Give me one thing you know, girl, that makes you cry And I'll do everything in my power to make it subside You know I'll be there for you You know I'll try When I drift in from your love, babe You'll be my inward tide I, I ain't felt the same Since I saw your face beneath the wind on Washington lane Your voice, it echoes off the walls Travels down these halls, it's led me back to you You know I'll be there for you You know I'll try When I drift in from your love, babe You'll be my inward tide You know I'll be there for you You know I'll try When I drift in from your love, babe You'll be my inward tide Caught in the way that it was It's all the same, it's all the same I'm caught in the way that it was It's all the same, it's all the same Caught in the way that it was And it's all the same, it's all the same I'll sell the seven seas and get down on my knees I'll sing this symphony just to bring you back to me I'll sell the seven seas and get down on my knees I'll sing this symphony, oh You know I'll be there for you You know I'll try When I drift in from your love, babe You'll be my inward tide You know I'll be there for you You know I'll try When I drift in from your love, babe You'll be my inward tide, oh Caught in the way that it was It's all the same, it's all the same Caught in the way that it was It's all the same, it's all the same Caught in the way that it was It's all the same, it's all the same Caught in the way that it was It's all the same, it's all the same Caught in the way that it was And it's all the same, it's all the same Caught in the way that it was It's all the same, it's all the same

CHORUS: Oh the midnight, need a searchlight. Oh the midnight, need a searchlight. I walk along the rocky shore, the place I lost myself; I search the water, look in the sky, I hear the cries for help. I trace my footsteps down to the sea, but then the path disappears; Here in the darkness, I'm runnin' blind, Been stumblin' for all of these years. CHORUS What was the demon that made me run, can I ever hope to understand? I hear my voice, echoes on the wind; I try to reach out with my hand. Without a light, I might be here forever, lost for all eternity; There in the darkness, slippin' through my fingers, The face that smiles back is me. CHORUS CHORUS CHORUS