You keep going your way I'll keep going my way
River stay away from my door
I just got a cabin You don't need my cabin
River stay away from my door
Don't come up any higher
I'm so all alone
Leave my bed and my fire That's all I own
I ain't breaking your heart Don't go breaking my heart
River stay away from my door
Oh Lord, ain't I been faithful?
And ain’t I worked and toiled in the sweat and sun?
Oh Lord did I pray to you and thank you for all you've done?
Oh Lord, you made the river
But won't you try to remember that you made me too
Oh Lord hear me pray to you and Make the river hear my plea ooh
I ain’t breaking your heart Don't go breaking my heart
River stay away from my door
Oh river stay away from my door
River stay away from my door