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