She was a child of luck,
he was the son of chance
And they met one night
at the Riverfest dance
One sweet smile and a smile returned
And I were a cat and
bridges were burned
Her eye s might have lied,
she was two shots deep
And she looked like the kind
they thought he could keep
There wasn't no rhyme
and they needed no reason
This kind of thing is al
ways in season
Ooh, that's how the river flows,
deep and gritty
Hey, hey,
that's how the water flows,
but it sure looks pretty
Karina got a bottle
and some donuts for the ride
She drove the Buick to the waterside
They sat for a while
and the moon got round
Put sparkles on the waves,
make a little white sound
You know she might have stayed longer
with a breeze in her hair
The moon going down
and a fog in the air
She thought about telling him
why she couldn't stay
But she walked to the Buick
and she drove away
Ooh, that's how
the river goes,
deep and gritty
Hey, that's how the water flows,
but it sure looks pretty
We know she works real hard
and her kids don't know
Takes a lot of work just
to live this slow
Soon enough, well, they'll all be grown
And she'll watch the river go all alone
Ooh, that's how
the river goes,
deep and gritty
Hey, hey,
that's how the water flows,
but it sure looks pretty
Hey, hey, that's how
the river goes,
but it sure looks pretty
Yeah, it sure looks pretty
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