She wakes up with a smile seen before Gets ready for work, her keys and floats right out the door Oh, the smell of her perfume says, be waitin' there While drivin' Fourth Avenue, she combs her hair
Well, he's been waitin' for like her, all his life He's got so much to her when the time is right Oh, he drifts into another when she walks down 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 river and the river's on the
Love is a river runnin' wild and runnin' Flowin' through the like the Mississippi flows through me It's like standin' on a levee, lookin' down into the eyes Oh, is a river and the river's on the rise
So they both pretend this is just another day But they know one wrong move, give it all away With an endless of emotion, buildin' up inside He feels again, and she's never felt so alive
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 through the heart like 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
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, love is a and the river's on the rise, the river's on the rise
out, the river's on the rise, here it comes, the river's on the rise Look out, the on the rise, there they go, the river's on the rise, yeah