I can close my eyes and it takes me back
To two young lovers on that riverbank
To the sounds of the wind and the whip-poor-will
And the way that your bare skin would feel
As we laid in the sun I could see your eyes
Blue as the blue in that Southern sky

Kisses warm as a wild red rose

At the bend in the river where the cottonwood grows



And we'd dance

And we'd sing

And we'd love each other as the pale moon glows

At the bend in the river where the cottonwood grows

At the bend in the river where the cottonwood grows



I can still recall the words you said

And the plans we dreamed as we looked ahead

But the fork in the river took us separate ways

As the years went by, I can't forget those days

And I often wonder but I'll never know

If we ended up following a different road

Would we still be laying by the wild red rose?

At the bend in the river where the cottonwood grows



And we'd dance

And we'd sing

And we'd love each other as the pale moon glows

At the bend in the river where the cottonwood grows

At the bend in the river where the cottonwood grows



I can close my eyes and it takes me back

To two young lovers on that riverbank