Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes.

Hold back the river, stop for a minute and be by your side.

Hold back the river, hold back, hold back The river, let me look in your eyes, hold back, look in my soul, cause the phone stop, hold back, let me look in your ain't by your side, hold back the river, oh Lonely for love, lonely for love, won't you let us hold up, let us hold each other, lonely, won't up, lonely, Lord, I call you, let us hold up, let us hold each other