I.O.I.I.I.I.I.I.O.I.O I.O.I.I.I.I.I.I.O.I.O I.O.I.I.I.I.I.I.O.I.O I.O.I.I.I.I.I.I.O.I.O You know I love getting up in the morning When the sun first strikes the trees All the morning birts that sing above Still bring back memories Of a girl who stood beside me When the rights I did were wrong But she went back down the river Just when I thought I could be strong When I thought I could be strongSo I sing: I.O.I.I.I.I.I.I.O.I.O I.O.I.I.I.I.I.I.O.I.O She never told me why she helped meBut the letter say goodbye Now my mornings are for wondering And my nights to reason why Why a stranger comes to steal the love Of a girl I had to hold But she went back down the river Just when I thought I could be strong When I thought I could be strongSo I sing: I.O.I.I.I.I.I.I.O.I.O [repeat]