The bridge washed out, and I can't swim, and my baby's on the other side.
When I awoke this morning, the rain was a-pourin' down.
I was gonna wait a little river, girl, just over the bridge across town.
Now I'm a-runnin' up and down the river, and my nerves are drivin' me wild.
Cause the bridge washed out, and I can't swim, and my baby's on the other side.
The rain, oh rain, stopped the fallin'.
Dark clouds hurried from the sky.
The preacher and the bride's a-waitin', and the wedding bells are startin' to chime.
I can't kiss and hold, and it's a-drivin' me out of my mind.
Cause the bridge washed out.
I can't swim, and my baby's on the other side.
I can't kiss and hold, and my baby's on the other side.
Now I got one foot in the water, one foot solid on the ground.
I try to swim that raging old river, but I know if I try I'll drown.
There's not a boat around me.
They've all gone.
I'm a-runnin' up and down the river, and my nerves are drivin' me wild.
Now I'm a-runnin' up and down the river, and the bridge washed out, and I can't swim,
and my baby's on the other side.
The rain, oh rain, stopped the fallin'.
Dark clouds hurried from the sky.
The preacher and the bride's a-waitin', and the wedding bells are startin' to chime.
I can't kiss and hold, and it's a-drivin' me out of my mind.
Cause the bridge washed out.
I can't swim, and my baby's on the other side.
Yeah, the bridge washed out.
I can't swim, and my baby's on the other side.