They baptized me one fine day 

Down at the river's edge 

All my sins are washed away 

Like water under the bridge 



I had a little girl and her eyes were blue 

She lived just over the ridge 

Her love ran deep and her love ran true 

Like water under the bridge 



Sailin' away on a paper boat 

As far as I can go 

All the way to New Orleans 

And the Gulf of Mexico 



River run clear river run clean 

River run rough sometime 

River run wild and it run serene 

Just like a friend of mine 



Tie my troubles in a gunnysack 

And throw em' over the edge 

Sailin' away and I won't be back 

Like water under the bridge 



You might be saint you might be sinner 

You might be Billy The Kid 

You might crap out or roll a winner 

It's water under the bridge