She likes to drink Her coffee black And hand little sister's friends She likes to leave And never look back But her old man keeps her in As soft as she Used to be But she's getting kinda hard now Oh, baby with a woman's dreams Ooh, she said That let me do it alone And the river is rollin' And this whole World is closing in on me Can't you see the way My body burns I've got to be free And the river is rolling I feel as thought I'm Running out of time I'm afraid to go insane Watching as the river Pass me by These little boys Keep calling her up But she says she's staying home These modern jerks In the land and her jackets Only wanna jump her bones But she knows what she's Waiting before She says: Oh, oh I'm not little girl anymore And the river is rollin' And this whole World is closing in on me Can't you see the way My body burns I've got to be free And the river is rollin' I feel as thought I'm Running out of time I'm afraid to go insane Watching as the river Pass me by She'd like to cry sometimes But she's way Beyond that now I ain't gonna try To fight it She's gonna fly to A brand new world And the river is rollin' And this whole World is closing in on me Can't you see the way My body burns I've got to be free And the river is rollin' I feel as thought I'm Running out of time Ain't nothing gonna Stop her now baby Kiss that girl Goodbye Oh, yeah Kiss that girl Goodbye Getting so tired of Hanging around here God don't you wanna Just leave this place Give me a cigarette Oh, God! Here comes Jerry Around the corner again I can't stand that guy (River is rollin') I don't think my dad would care If I left anyway (River is rollin') Come on, come on Let's get out a here (River is rollin') (River is rollin') (River is rollin') (River is rollin') (River is rollin') (River is rollin')