The Bridge Washed Out

When I awoke this a morning the rain was a pouring
down
I was gonna wed a little river girl
Just over the bridge across town,
Now I'm a runnin' up and down the river
And my nerves are driving me wild
'Cause the bridge washed, out and I can't swim
And my baby's on the other side.

Rain, oh rain, stop a fallin', dark clouds hurry from the
sky,
The preacher and my bride's a waitin'
And my wedding bells are startin' to chime,
I can't kiss and hold her and it's drivin' me out of my
mind,
'Cause the bridge washed out and I can't swim
And my baby's on the other side.

Now I got one foot in the water but one foot is solid on
the ground,
I'd try to swim that ragin' ole river,
But I know if I try I'll drown,
There's not a boat around me
They've all gone out with the tide
And the bridge washed out and I can't swim
And my baby's on the other side.

Oh rain, oh rain, stop a fallin', dark clouds hurry from
the sky,
The preacher and my bride's a waitin'
And my wedding bells are startin' to chime,
I can't kiss and hold her and it's drivin' me out of my
mind,
'Cause the bridge washed out and I can't swim
And my baby's on the other side.

Yeah, the bridge washed out and I can't swim
And my baby's on the other side.

Words by Jimmy Louis & S. Smith