Well, all them girls were talking
'Bout all their boys walking with their big chests
And prideful mouths
Had a friend in Cincinnati who died with a six-shooter
Taped to the roof of his mouth
'Cause his girl was making love to a man
Who'll never give her what she needs
Like a shark in the middle of the big Pacific
She'll eat anything that fucking bleeds

When it gets cold, your love, it comes and goes
Grows with the vines and the trees
Hate that it grows inside my lungs
Freezes up on the rivers and creeks
When it gets high, you're not around
Go to town to get a different look
Deep within the shaking, earthquake in California summer
Oh, I pray you'll never find another

Well, I flew across the ocean
Just humbly hoping I would make it to the other side
'Cause them boots of Spanish leather are only worn
Better when the summon went down to high
When there's nowhere to go and nowhere to call home
I hope you swim on back some day
As the sharks eat all the hearts
That are fallin' in love in San Francisco Bay

When it gets cold, your love, it comes and goes
Grows with the vines and the trees
Hate that it grows inside my lungs
Freezes up on the rivers and creeks
And when it gets high, you're not around
Go to town to get a different look
Deep within the shaking, earthquake in California summer
Oh, I pray you'll never find another

Well, love is just a river, yeah, love is just a creek
Leadin' to the slaughter with the big, white teeth
Love is just a river, yeah, love is just a creek
Leadin' to the slaughter with the big, white teeth
Love is just a river, yeah, love is just a creek
Leadin' to the slaughter with the big, white teeth
Love is just a river, love is just a creek
Leadin' to the slaughter with the big, white

Well, love is just a river, yeah, love is just a creek
Leadin' to the slaughter with the big, white teeth
Love is just a river, yeah, love is just a creek
Leadin' to the slaughter with the big, white teeth