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I'm goin' to the river,
gonna jump overboard and drown
I'm goin' to the river,
gonna jump overboard and drown
Ya know, the girl I love
She just done let me down

Now when she left me,
I bowed my head and cried
When she left me,
I bowed my head and cried
I never thought I would be,
I would be the one to cry

If you see my mama,
Tell her - tell her good-bye for me
If you see my mama,
Tell her good-bye for me
I'm tired of livin' -
Livin' in misery

Aw right

If you see my mama,
Tell her - tell her good-bye for me
If you see my mama,
Tell her - tell her good -bye for me
Ya know I'm tired of livin' -
Livin' in misery

(Melody is sung using waa-waa's in place of lyrics)

I'm going to the river
Gonna jump overboard and drown
Because the girl I love,
She left and let me down

Johnny Rivers não é só um cantor de sucesso. Seu trabalho nos bastidores é de grande importãncia no rock.

A banda que acompanhava Johnny Rivers era formada por alguns dos músicos de estúdio mais bem pagos dos Estados Unidos. Seu baterista era Hal Blaine, que tocou em centenas de clássicos do rock como Bridge Over Troubled Water de Simon and Garfunkel e Pet Sounds dos Beach Boys

Rivers descubriu talentos como o compositor Jimmy Webb e o grupo Fifith Dimension