I’ve been breaking my back all week

out in the rain, out in the heat

Workin’ my fingers to the bone for a little sliver

I think I’ll call that ole boss man

Tell him I ain’t coming in

Oh, cause I’d rather float a river

I’ve been stayin’ out half the night

Chasing every woman in sight

But when that morning comes, you know I’ll be right back with her

I just go wherever she’s flowin’

It’s easy comin’ and easy goin’

Mmm, when I’m floating down that river

I’ve got that river running through my mind all the time

You know she keeps me feeling fine

I don’t fret and I don’t fray

I save it for a rainy day

Cause when that sun shining and the water starts to shimmer

I’ll be taking my sweet time

Kick my feet up and toss a line

And feelin’ fine, cause I’m floating down the river

Well that taxman wearing me thin

And my rent is due again

And that pile of bills might keep on getting bigger

I could curse and I could scream

Or send my worries down stream

And go floating down the river

Cause life aint nothing but a river, lord it’s bound to be

You can fight it, or just ride it right down to the sea

You could race around every bend for every mile

But I’d say floatin’ is more my style

Down the Mackinaw River

Or the Illinois too

That dirty Duck River

Even that Kickapoo

Maybe you’re floating in a boat

Or bobbing in a tube

Drinking on a yacht

Or a little red canoe