Woman Across The River

WOMAN ACROSS THE RIVER

by Bettye Crutcher and Allen Jones

transcribed by Thomas Pope from the 8.24.02 show at

Alltel Pavilion, Raleigh, N.C.

Across the river a good woman cried

All because a foolish man lied.

She gave up everything, everything that money could buy

But the man told so many lies, there’s another man over there

That woman across the river, sweet woman across the river – she was mine

Word got around that he had jilted her

Men came running from near and far

Should’ve never been so foolish – guess I’ll never

But the man that’s got her now, he’s a lucky so-and-so

That woman across the river, sweet woman across the river – she was mine.

I remember the other day, about a week ago

She said "I don’t even want to talk to you ’cause I don’t love you anymore."

That woman across the river, sweet woman across the river – she was mine.

Across the river a good woman cried

All because a foolish man lied

She gave up everything, tried to keep him satisfied

But the man told so many lies, there’s another man over there

That woman across the river,

That woman across the river,

That woman across the river, sweet woman across the river – she was mine.