Lyrics:

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I keep on runnin' baby
I keep on runnin' but I just can't hide
No, I just can't hide...
I keep on hurtin' baby
I keep on hurtin' so deep inside - so deep inside

[Pre-Chorus]
Lord, I need your smile child
Like the one I once knew
Made my grass green my blue skies blue
Lord, was time when 2 was 1, tell me now girl,
Where've all the good times gone?
-(Mm-mm, Mm-mm, Mm-mm yeah...)-

[Chorus]
Lord I say,
I'm gonna cry me a river
Wash my blues away
I'm gonna cry me a river
Girl you is my riverboat, oh yeah
Baby, take me away

I'm reachin' out my hand... Won't you please,
Help me to my feet once again, oh, once again?
Tears fallin' like rain... Lord it's a time,
When everybody needs a friend,
Now girl where you been, yeah?

[Pre-Chorus] / [Chorus] ...oh take away child

-(Mm-mm, Mm-mm, Mm-mm yeah...)-
Lord I say, I'm gonna cry me a river
Wash my blues away
I'm gonna cry me a river
Lo', wash my blues away
I'm gonna cry me a river
Wash my blues away, yeah
I'm gonna cry me a river
Girl you is my riverboat, oh yeah
Mm baby, come take me away... ah yeah