She wakes up with a smile seldom seen before

Gets ready for work, grabs her keys and floats right

Out the door

Oh, the smell of her perfume says he'll be

Waitin' there

While drivin' down Fourth Avenue, she combs her hair



Well, he's been waitin' for someone like her all his life

He's got so much to tell her when the time is right

He drifts into another world when she walks down the hall

The way he looks at her and says hello, oh says it all



You can hear it in his voice

You can see it in her eyes

Oh, love is a river and the river's on the rise



Love is a river runnin' wild and runnin' free

Flowin' through the heart like the Mississippi flows

Through me

It's like standin' on a levee lookin' down into the

Delta's eyes

Oh, love is a river and the river's on the rise



So they both pretend that this is just another day

But they know one wrong move, could give it all away

With an endless stream of emotion buildin' up inside

He feels born again, and she's never felt so alive



You can hear it in his voice

You can see it in her eyes

Oh, love is a river and the river's on the rise

Yeah, love is a river and the river's on the rise



The river's on the rise

Look out, the river's on the rise

Here it comes, the river's on the rise

Look out, the river's on the rise

There they go, the river's on the rise

Yeah