When I wasn't grown up, tired of being shown up, waiting for the time to fly Life was kind of soapy, love was kind of ropey, never knew the reason why All the kids were lazy, all the guys were crazy, told me things I couldn't see All the work was rancid, nothing that I fancied, never wanted that for me I was not that kind of girl, you see Took my troubles down the bend in the river Under the broken sky Nobody but me, a bend in my river Watching my life go by Never got me down, the bend in the river Faithful come rain or shine Never gonna find me, bend in the river Bend in the river's mine Now when life gets frantic, not at all romantic, fruit goes rotten on the tree Tired of being tortured, out beyond the orchard, somewhere there's a place for me Still not that kind of girl, you see Take my troubles down the bend in the river Watching the water flow Slipping out of time, the bend in the river That's where I'm gonna go Always gonna be the bend in the river Under the healing sky Never gonna find me, bend in the river Bend in the river, bend in the river (Ooh, ooh) Watching the boy in the river
