Lonely River

I saw her wandering out by the trees colored hair like the red autumn leaves a forest of flame and I called out her name And the lonely river looked on We made love by the banks every day whenever she passed by this way though she wasn't mine she would be in time while the lonely river looked on She whispers her love for me now in my ears as the soft willow bows I left her alone as I ran way on home as the lonely river looked on As I walked up my well trodden track to see if my love had come back she was laying right there skin as red as her hair and the lonely river looked on Winds rustled round me with cries as I saw in my lovers cold eyes laid open in fear of what came to her here and the lonely river looked on By the banks of the river she'll stay buried under the willow that sways while I silently weep in the silence she keeps and the lonely river looks on