Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The sun was high, the river ran slow,
We piled in the truck, nowhere else to go.
Melissa brought the cooler, Crystal grabbed the rope,
Nicole was laughing, full of sunlit hope.

[Chorus]
Down the river we go, floating free,
Just the water, the sky, and the willow trees.
Laughing loud, letting the summer glow,
Oh, down the river we go.

[Verse 2]
Melissa’s sister sang a tune off-key,
We splashed and hollered, wild as we could be.
Nicole’s little hands waved high in the air,
Crystal said, “This is living, nothing else compares.”

[Prechorus]
But the sun don’t play, no it don’t give grace,
Burning lines like a map on my legs.

[Chorus]
Down the river we go, floating free,
Just the water, the sky, and the willow trees.
Laughing loud, letting the summer glow,
Oh, down the river we go.

[Bridge]
Later that night, I could barely stand,
My legs on fire, Nicole held my hand.
Tears ran hot as the summer’s cruel joke,
But the laughter lingered like the scent of smoke.