[Intro] Shoo-bop… doo-wah… shoo-bop… (Doo wop-shoo wop, ooooh, sha-na-na...) A whisper on the water, a shadow on the bridge… [Verse 1] I walked alone by the river, (Doo wop, doo wop, oh yeah...) moonlight cold and gray. (Shoo-wop, oh-oh-oh, shadows dancing near) The water called my name, the night begged me to stay. [Chorus] Shoo-bop, shoo-bop.. The river took me down, no one heard my cry (Doo wop, doo wop, sha-na-na, goodbye) It rolled me under deep, where secrets never die (Oh-oh-oh, sha-na-na, never die) I tried to fight, but the current held me tight (Shoo-wop, doo-wop, held me tight) And the night grew darker than the light. [Verse 2] Fish with hollow eyes staring, like a knife in the dark (Doo wop, shoo wop, mm-hmm...) I saw a coin flip, sinking through the tide (Ooooh, sha-na-na, coin through the tide...) Every fortune fades, every story bleeds The river knows the weight of all our needs. [Bridge] Shoo-bop, shoo-bop… Voices in the fog, souls within the choir. Doo-wah, doo-wah… No way back again, just the current pulling higher. (Ha-ha-ha-ha... Ooooh, sha-na-na...) The river don’t forgive, it only takes (Doo wop, doo wop, takes and takes) It don’t return the ones it breaks. [Chorus] Shoo-bop, shoo-bop.. The river took me down, no one heard my cry (Doo wop, doo wop, sha-na-na, goodbye) It rolled me under deep, where secrets never die (Oh-oh-oh, sha-na-na, never die) I tried to fight, but the current held me tight (Shoo-wop, doo-wop, held me tight) And the night grew darker than the light. [Outro] Shoo-bop… doo-wah… shoo-bop… doo-wah… “The river took me dooown...”
