C5 F5 C5 There's a house across the river but alas, I cannot swim C5 G5 And a garden of such beauty that the flowers seem to grin C5 F5 C5 There's a house across the river but alas, I cannot swim C5 G5 C5 I'll live my life regretting that I never jumped in F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 C5 C5 F5 C5 There's a boy across the river with short black curly hair C5 G5 He wants to be my lover and I want to be his peer C5 F5 C5 There's a boy across the river but alas, I cannot swim C5 G5 C5 And I never will get to put my arms around him F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 C5 C5 F5 C5 There's a life across the river that was meant for me C5 G5 Instead I live my life in constant misery C5 F5 C5 There's a life across the river but I do not see C5 G5 C5 Why I should please those who will never be pleased F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 C5 A5 F5 A5 There is gold across the river but I don't want none F5 C5 There is gold across the river but I don't want none D5 F5 C5 Gold is fleeting, gold is fickle, gold is fun D5 F5 C5 Gold is fleeting, gold is fickle, gold is fun C5 F5 C5 There is gold across the river but I don't want none C5 G5 I would rather be tried than held up by a golden gun C5 F5 C5 Saying work more, earn more, live more, have more fun F5 C5 Saying work more, earn more, live more, have more fun F5 C5 Saying work more, earn more, live more, have more fun
