She wakes up with a smile seen before ready for work, grabs her keys and floats right out the door Oh, the of her perfume says, he'll be waitin' there While down Fourth Avenue, she combs her hair
Well, he's been waitin' for like her, all his life got so much to tell her when the time is right Oh, he drifts into another world when she walks the hall The way he looks at her and says, hello, oh, it all
You can hear it in his voice, you can see it in her Oh, love is a and the river's on the rise
is a river runnin' wild and runnin' free Flowin' through the heart the Mississippi flows through me It's like standin' on a levee, lookin' into the Delta's eyes Oh, love is a river and the on the rise
So both pretend that this is just another day But they know one wrong move, could it all away an endless stream of emotion, buildin' up inside He feels born again, and she's never felt so
You can hear it in his voice, you can see it in her Oh, love is a river and the on the rise
Love is a river runnin' wild and free Flowin' through the heart like the Mississippi flows me It's like standin' on a levee, lookin' into the Delta's eyes Oh, is a river and the river's on the rise
You can hear it in his voice, you can see it in her Oh, is a river and the river's on the rise Yeah, is a river and the river's on the rise, the river's on the rise
Look out, the on the rise, here it comes, the river's on the rise Look out, the river's on the rise, they go, the river's on the rise, yeah