text: I met you in the saddle, I rode you in the dust
  Held your hand to the heavens, pulled your heart to the earth
  There was something that blinded me more than the mist
  And the breath of the cottonwood buds lighter yet
  When you rode the maypole of dance hall lace
  And galloped to anothers embrace
  And I bit the flowers from my wrist corsage
  You waltzed too slowly, too slowly, you waltzed
  With that girl from Widows Grove
  Oh, Id follow you to the river that washes out to the sea
  Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night
  Thats where Ill be
  Near the breath of a swallow, petals dropped as you fell
  You grabbed me then shyly held me against the stone cold well
  In your hand was a glass, you held the ice against the night
  And it dripped and it sparkled and I laughed a wish
  Before it all slipped down the dark tunneled well
  I heard it melt quietly and I looked at you
  Bent to the earth with one pleading wish
  Your skirts brushed to the furious pounding
  Oh Id follow you to the river that washes out to the sea
  Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night
  Thats where Ill be
  I hid in the elm and raised the bough
  That hung even with your neck
  I chased you and drowned you there deep in the well
  And when your mouth was full and wet
  I swallowed all your reckless fate
  And with your last breath
  You moaned too drunk to wake
  Oh, I followed you to the river that washes out to the sea
  Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night
  Thats where Ill be
  Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night
  Thats where Ill be