Refrain:. Moody river more deadly than the vanest knife. Moody river your muddy water took my baby's life.. Last Saturday evenin’ came to the old oak tree;. It stands beside the river where you were to meet me.. On the ground your glove I found with a note addressed to me. It read "Dear love I've done you wrong now I must set you free.". Oooh oooh. "No longer can I live with this hurt and this sin. "I just couldn't tell you that guy was just a friend.". Repeat Refrain. I looked into the muddy water and what could I see?. I saw a lonely lonely face just lookin' back at me.. Tears in his eyes and a prayer on his lips. And the glove of his lost love at his finger tips.. Repeat Refrain