Gonna let you go, my angel   Though I could make you stay   I could use my blind, self pity   Throw it in your way      But the times have turned between us   And you know I don't believe   That it makes one bit of difference   If you stay or if you leave      Why can't I be lonely   Like that lonely rushing river?   Pushing down a mountain   On its way to meet the sea      Why can't I need somebody   Like that river needs that ocean?   Why did you have to get so mixed up baby   With a mixed up girl, with a mixed up girl like me, yeah      Gonna make it short now, angel   Though I could make it long   I could take you through all the changes   And show you where you're wrong      But our dreams don't flow together   And you'll never, never see the light   So it really, really doesn't matter   Who is wrong or who is right?      Oh, why can't I be lonely   Like that lonely rushing river?   It's pushing down the mountain   On its way to meet the sea      Oh, why can't I need somebody   Like that river needs that ocean?   Why did you have to get so mixed up baby   With a mixed up girl, with a mixed up girl like me