What's the matter with me?
I don't have much to say
Daylight's creeping through the window
And I'm still old like I said, yeah
Walking to and fro beneath the moon
That's where the trucks are rolling slow
I just sit on this bank of sand
Watching the river flow, yeah

Wish I was back in the city
Instead of this old bank of sand
With the sun beating down on the chimney tops
And the one I love close to my hand, yeah
If I had wings and I could fly
Well I know where I would go
I just sit on this bank of sand, yeah
Yeah watching the river flow

I wanna tell you now
Why people disagreeing, I said just about everything
Makes you stop and wonder why
Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street
Lord, he couldn't help but cry
This river keeps on rolling, no matter what gets in the way
And which way the wind does blow
Long as it does, yeah I'll watch the river flow
Go Johnny go, yeah yeah
Let me tell you all
Why people disagreeing just about everywhere you look
Oh Lord, it makes you wanna read a book
Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street
Lord, he was really shook
This river keeps on rolling, oh no matter what
Or which way the wind does blow
Long as it does, yeah I'll watch the river flow, let it flow

Hey, watch the river, watch it flow
Watch the river, yeah watch it flow
Watch the river, watch it flow
Oh watch the river, yeah watch it flow
Watch the river, watch the river
Watch the river, watch it flow
Watch the river, watch the river
Watch the river, let it flow, let it flow