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   Love was a time when two was one   Tell me now, girl, where've all the good times gone      Love, say, I'm gonna cry me a river   Wash my blues all away   I'm gonna cry me a river   Girl, you're 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   Love was a time when two was one   Tell me now, girl, where've all the good times gone, yeah      Girl, say, I'm gonna cry me a river   Wash my blues all away   I'm gonna cry me a river   Girl, you're my riverboat, oh yeah   Baby, take me away, oh, take away, child      Oh no, I feel I'm gonna cry me a river   Wash my blues all away   I'm gonna cry me a river   Love, wash my blues all away      I'm gonna cry me a river   Wash my blues all away   I'm gonna cry me a river   Girl, you're my riverboat, oh yeah   Baby, come take me away