Intro: All night long I've been riding riding I should have been there by now But these old county roads Got a lot of deep holes And the rain keeps pouring down The bridge is washed out and the rising rising Waters of the river rush by And I'm up to my fenders in mud And to my witness above I'm really stuck this time I've got a gold heart locket on a silver chain Clinched tight in my fist in the pouring rain And the only road back home again Is all but washed away I'm going to cross that river tonight No matter what it takes Although I might die trying My true love will remain In a gold heart locket on a silver chain Open it up and she's lovely lovely Eyes of hazel green But I close it up fast Because the rain gets past And lays a tear down on her cheek I promised her once that I would never ever Break her heart again So lord take me there in a silent prayer And her locket in my hand The last thing I remember I was fearing for my life She was calling out my name From over on the other side I reached out to hold her But the break was just too strong Now the silence just gets colder As the river rages on All night long I've been riding riding I should have been there by now But these old county roads Got a lot of deep holes And the rain keeps pouring down The bridge is washed out and the rising rising Waters of the river rush by And I'm up to my fenders in mud And to my witness above I'm really stuck this time I've got a gold heart locket on a silver chain Clinched tight in my fist in the pouring rain And the only road back home again Is all but washed away I'm going to cross that river tonight No matter what it takes Although I might die trying My true love will remain In a gold heart locket on a silver chain