I was sitting on the banks of ohio
Just wasting time with my baby
And we're thinking we might just float down the stream
And forget everything
Get lost on the ohio
Now we both got jobs and bills to pay
Honey, come on let's go make a name for ourselves
Would you take a chance on a poor boy like me
You know good love is free
Get lost on the ohio
Me and my baby been steaming this river
3 months of soul
Yeah we've been down illinois
Spent some time in louieville, kentucky
With doctor james crow,
Getting lost on the ohio
Now we ain't got no place to go
We're gonna sit right here and roll the pole
Rivers gonna take us away
Rivers gonna take us away
On down ohio
Now it's back home and it's back to work
Working the back right off of my shirt
Sometimes I can still smell that river breeze flow
And I remember, the summer
And only my baby and I know
Getting lost on the ohio
Oh, oh, getting lost on the ohio.