My lover's heart weighs a thousand pounds

I sink like a stone when he's around

The weight of his world is mine alone

I hold him up high while I sink like a stone

They say, "Girl why on earth do you hang around

In that river of tears where you'll surely drown?"

But I'll float on forever

In dark water so deep and wide

I'll float on forever

My heart might sink, but my love will lift me high

Sometimes it feels like I can't breathe

Under all his mess, under all his greed

A witness to his tragic train wreck

I'll clothe my boy under all his mess

They say, "Girl why on earth do you hang around

In that river of tears where you'll surely drown?"

But I'll float on forever

In dark water so deep and wide

I'll float on forever

My heart might sink, but my love will lift me high

So go on, go on, go on, write me off and let me go

'Cause my old man's my life raft, and I know he'll float, float

I'll float on forever in dark water so deep and wide

I'll float on forever

My heart might sink, but my love will lift me high