River's on the Rise

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 Oh, 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 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 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