Heading down the Susquehanna 

In a boat made of pine

Floating down this gentle river 

To forget what once was mine

I know you love another 

Even though you swear you're true

So I built this boat with your betrayal 

And I'm floating far from you


Back to the land of my grandmother

To the hills where she lay

The Allegheny mountain valley 

Where the city melts away

And someday I may forgive you 

If I find the grace for that

But now I'm bound through Pennsylvania

And I just may not come back


Row row row this drifting boat

By the light of the moon

Gently lead me back to hope and back to loving you

Right back to you

I met you first in California by the side of Highway One

With your hair down to your shoulders haloed by the setting sun

I was driving to Elmira so I offered you a ride

You said you'd come as far as Kansas

Then you remained right by my side


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I fell for you by Minnesota you said you'd fallen days before

I pledged my love then paid for breakfast 

Gave you the key to my front door

I thought I'd be your one and only 

That hand in hand we'd bear the years

But like this river we divided

May these waters drown these tears


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