River of Time lyrics

There's one hundred and one
Little reasons why
I should leave you here say goodbye
But I just can't seem to say we're through
And the reasons why
Are one hundred and two
One hundred and one
Little tears fall
And every drop
Makes me feel so small
But hard as I try
I can't leave you
And the reasons why baby
Are one hundred and two
I'm countin' up
The times I've cried

A hundred year old photograph
Stares out from a frame
And if you look real close you'll see
Our eyes are just the same
I never met them face to face
But I still know them well
From the stories
My dear grandma would tell

Elijah was a farmer
He knew how to make things grow
Fannie vowed she'd follow him
Wherever he would go
As things turned out they never left
Their small Kentucky farm

Do I dare show him lovin'?
Do I go for double or nothin'?
Do I act like I don't care?
Or, do I dare?

Do I do what my heart's sayin'?
Do I hide my love awaitin'?
Make believe that he's not there?
Or, do I dare?

This girl's got a problem
She don't know what to do
If there's some way of tellin'
When a man is true

Will he love me faithfully?
Will he leave me blue?
Should I run?

Maybe I'm wrong
Maybe I'm right
Maybe I just don't know
Will I ever fall in love
And never have to worry
That I'm fallin' all alone
Maybe It's true
I was just born to be blue
Maybe It's true
I was just born to be blue
They say everybody's got someone
A sweet somebody to love
It might be fate or destiny
Baby written in the stars above
But I can't help but wonder

I'm holding back a flood of tears
Just thinking 'bout those happy years
Like all the good times that are no more
My love is gone...gone...gone forever more

Silence so deep only my soul can hear
Says now the past is what I fear
The future isn't what it used to be
Only today is all that's promised me

Flow on, river of time
Wash away the pain and heal my mind
Flow on, river of time

High and dry in the long hot day
Lost and lonely in every way
Got the flats all around me, sky up above
Yes, I need a little water of love

I've been too long lonely and my heart feels pain
Cryin' out for some soothing rain
I believe I've taken enough
Yes, I need a little water of love

(Chorus)

Water of love, deep in the ground
But there ain't no water here to be found

Through these sleepless nights
I cry for you
And wonder who
Is kissing you
Oh, these sleepless nights
Will break my heart in two

Somehow through the days
I don't give in
I hide the tears
That wait within
Oh, but, then through sleepless nights
I cry again

Why did you go?
Why did you go?
Don't you know?
Don't you know
I need you?

I keep hoping you'll
Come back to me

There are guys who will lie
Then they'll hang you out to dry
But not my baby
Promise you everything
Then they never buy the ring
But not my baby
Say they're out with their pals
When they're seein' other gals
But not my baby

And they think it's a crime
When they have to spend a dime
But not my baby
Bring you gifts now and then
Always from the five and ten
But not my baby

She was sitting cross-legged on a hood of a Ford
Filing down her nails with a emory board
Talking to her friends about people they knew
And all of the things that young girls do

When she said, "You see that guy in the baseball cap?
I'd like to spend some time with a boy like that."
Betty said, "I've seen him at the hardware store.