Be on my side,
  I'll be on your side,
  baby
  There is no reason
  for you to hide
  It's so hard for me
  staying here all alone
  When you could be
  taking me for a ride.
    Yeah, she could drag me
  over the rainbow,
  send me away
  Down by the river
  I shot my baby
  Down by the river,
  Dead, oh, shot her dead.
    You take my hand,
  I'll take your hand
  Together we may get away
  This much madness
  is too much sorrow
  It's impossible
  to make it today.
    Yeah, she could drag me
  over the rainbow,
  send me away
  Down by the river
  I shot my baby
  Down by the river,
  Dead, oh, shot her dead.
    Be on my side,
  I'll be on your side,
  baby
  There is no reason
  for you to hide
  It's so hard for me
  staying here all alone
  When you could be
  taking me for a ride.
    Yeah, she could drag me
  over the rainbow,
  send me away
  Down by the river
  I shot my baby
  Down by the river,
  Dead, oh, shot her dead.