Well, the river runs deep and the water is cold as ice   The river runs deep and the water is cold as ice   I go down there every chance I get   It's where my baby she met her death   And the river runs deep and the water's cold as ice   Ain't no woman gonna make a fool out of me   Ain't no woman gonna make a fool out of me   Running 'round, that's what they said   She's at the bottom of the river dead   And the river runs deep and the water's cold as ice   No cheating woman gonna get a good man down   No cheating woman gonna get a good man down   Running 'round like a silly fool   You're gonna end up at the bottom of the pool   And the river runs deep and the water's cold as ice