from the album 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix')

(as recorded by Glen Campbell)



On a street in some big city

Lives the girl I love so well

She left me for another

Now there's nothing much to tell



As I try to fit my life

In a different mold I find

That love is a lonesome river

Running through a lonesome mind



I took a plane to back when

I was just a child at play

But time has sure changed this old town

It's not the same today



As I try to meet old friends

None do I find

Cause love is a lonesome river

Running through a lonesome mind



(Musical break)



There's trees along this river

That are overgrown with vines

There's pools along this river

Where the sun will never shine



As I look into my heart

And count my loss I find

That love is a lonesome river

Running through a lonesome mind



Yes, love is a lonesome river

Running through a lonesome mind