On the banks of the river
stood running there a young Indian brave
On the other side of the river
stood his lovely Indian maid
Little White Dove was her name
Such a lovely sight to see
But their tribes fought with each other
So their love would never
be runnin' bare
Love little white dove
with a love big as the sky
Runnin' bare, love little white dove
With a love that couldn't die
He couldn't swim the raging river,
cause the river was too wide
He couldn't reach the little white dove
waiting on the other side
In the moonlight he could see her
throwing kisses across the way
Her little heart was beatin' faster,
waiting there for a friend
Runnin' bear, love little white dove,
with a love big as the sky
Runnin' bear, love little white dove,
with a love that couldn't die
Running back, dove in the water,
little white dove did the same
And they swam out to each other,
through the swirling stream they came
As their hands touched and their lips met,
the ra ging river pulled them down
Now they'll always be together
in that happy honeyed ground
Running bears of little white dove
with a love against the sky
Yeah, running bears of little white dove
with a love that could not die
Yeah, white stuff in there
Yeah, running bare
He was nowhere
Too much hair
Swinging from the bare
Whoa, look out, look out, look out
I'm brother man, yeah
I've seen enough
Brother man, brother man