Song | River's Invitation |
Artist | Aretha Franklin |
Album | The Delta Meets Detroit: Aretha's Blues |
I've been all across the country, and I've stayed in every town; | |
You see, I'm trying to find my baby, and he ain’t nowhere around... Can you understand? | |
You know which way I'm heading, if my baby can’t be found... oh, yeah... | |
Well, I spoke to the river, and the river, the river spoke back to me; | |
It said, "Oh! You look so lonely, and so much full of misery... Yes, you do now... | |
If you can't find your baby, come on, girl, and make your home with me. Oh, yeah..." | |
I don't wanna leave him - No, I know, I know he’s still alive! | |
And someday, I'm gonna find him, and he's gonna take me for a ride... Yes, he will now... | |
And then we'll live forever and ever and ever, forever and ever among the tides... Oh, yes, we will! | |
Just in case I don't find him, I'm gonna take that river's invitation... river's invitation... | |
Oh, oh, the river! Oh, oh, the river! | |
Oh, the river, yeah... Oh, river's invitation... | |
Yeah, the river... |
I' ve been all across the country, and I' ve stayed in every town | |
You see, I' m trying to find my baby, and he ain' t nowhere around... Can you understand? | |
You know which way I' m heading, if my baby can' t be found... oh, yeah... | |
Well, I spoke to the river, and the river, the river spoke back to me | |
It said, " Oh! You look so lonely, and so much full of misery... Yes, you do now... | |
If you can' t find your baby, come on, girl, and make your home with me. Oh, yeah..." | |
I don' t wanna leave him No, I know, I know he' s still alive! | |
And someday, I' m gonna find him, and he' s gonna take me for a ride... Yes, he will now... | |
And then we' ll live forever and ever and ever, forever and ever among the tides... Oh, yes, we will! | |
Just in case I don' t find him, I' m gonna take that river' s invitation... river' s invitation... | |
Oh, oh, the river! Oh, oh, the river! | |
Oh, the river, yeah... Oh, river' s invitation... | |
Yeah, the river... |