Since you upped and went away
I'm feeling blue and I'm feeling grey
I feel just like a ferry boat
Taking a trip down a long and winding
Sad River
I loved you once, I loved you again
I loved you in the sun, and the morning rain
How I wish I could love you true
My memories flow down a long and winding
Sad River
Sad River of love, sad river of dreams
Sad river winding slowly down to New Orleans
And as I take the ferry by Saint Francisville
I can't help wishing that you loved you still
Sad River
I tossed a rose on the water flow
I stand on the deck and I watch it go
From Baton Rouge to New Orleans
Taking my love down a long and winding
Sad River
Sad River of love, sad river of dreams
Sad river winding slowly down to New Orleans
And as I take the ferry by Saint Francisville
I can't help wishing that you loved you still
Sad River