Gonna pull off my coat and tie
gonna kick off my wing-tipped shoes
gonna roll up my pants-legs high
gonna walk right down 2nd Avenue

     goin down to the river
        goin down to see

gonna look out on the cool green water
gonna forget everything I've been
aint gonna have time to bother
gonna take a deep breath and jump right in

                                    goin down to the river
                                            goin down to see
                                                    what it's like to be free

                        gonna let the current thread right through me
                        gonna let it take me as far as it can
                        gonna flow back to another century
                        before I put another foot on dry land
   
                                        goin down to the river
                                                goin down to see
                                                        if I can be free