Paper Boat

One day as I threw stones into my river one day as I threw stones into my river the first time I laid eyes on you you asked if you could throw some too one day as I threw stones into my river We spent our childhood playing by the river we spent our childhood playing by the river we'd swim, skip rocks, play hide and seek you'd scold me, "Close your eyes, don't peek!" we spent our childhood playing by the river In school you liked to borrow my old pencil in school you liked to borrow my old pencil the other girls all wrote in pen they teased you, back when we were ten but still you liked to borrow my old pencil We grew up, you and I, down by our river we grew up, you and I, down by our river the trees all sighed as though they knew that chilly day I first kissed you we grew up, you and I, down by our river One day the doctor came to your front door one day the doctor came to your front door your folks sat down to speak with him your mama cried, your pa looked grim the day the doctor came to your front door I sailed a paper boat down your big river I sailed a paper boat down your big river "I miss you, friend" is all I wrote, in pencil, on that paper boat I sailed a paper boat down your big river