Oh, oh   you damn the river   but you can't stop the flow   Oh, oh   We want it so      You try not to think about the feelings that you feel   'cause everybody knows that tender feelings aren't real   And if you start to look down there, who knows what would reveal   You've buried so much for so long, no wonder you can't deal   with life and love beyond the present moment   You just keep living your life like you don't own it      Oh, oh   you damn the river   but you can't stop the flow   Oh, oh   We want it so      The buildings built after the war aren't making any sense   sometimes I like the circus more because it is in tents   and if you hold my hand like that, in front of our parents   in a lot of cultures we'd be married, we would split the rent   But I have to say you're really not my boyfriend   then you always ask, "what am I doing here then?"      Oh...      You damn the river, but you can't stop the flow   Oh, you want it so