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      Lord I need your smile, child like the one I once knew   Made my grass green and my blue skies blue   Lord were time when 2 was 1, tell me now girl   Where've all the good times gone      Lord I say I'm gonna cry me a river   Wash my blues all 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've you been, yeah      Lord I need your smile, child like the one I once knew   Made my grass green and my blue skies blue   Lord was a time when 2 was 1, tell me now girl   Where've all the good times gone, yeah   You know what I'm saying      I'm gonna cry me a river   Wash my blues all away   I'm gonna cry me a river   Girl you is my riverboat, oh yeah   Baby take me away, oh take away child      And Lord I say, I'm gonna cry me a river   Wash my blues all away   I'm gonna cry me a river   Lord, wash my blues all away      I'm gonna cry me a river   Wash my blues all away   Yeah I'm gonna cry me a river   And girl you is my riverboat, oh yeah baby   Come take me away