The bridge washed out, and I can't swim, and my baby's on the other side.When I awoke this morning, the rain was a-pourin' down.I was gonna wait a little river, girl, just over the bridge across town.Now I'm a-runnin' up and down the river, and my nerves are drivin' me wild.Cause the bridge washed out, and I can't swim, and my baby's on the other side.The rain, oh rain, stopped the fallin'.Dark clouds hurried from the sky.The preacher and the bride's a-waitin', and the wedding bells are startin' to chime.I can't kiss and hold, and it's a-drivin' me out of my mind.Cause the bridge washed out.I can't swim, and my baby's on the other side.I can't kiss and hold, and my baby's on the other side.Now I got one foot in the water, one foot solid on the ground.I try to swim that raging old river, but I know if I try I'll drown.There's not a boat around me.They've all gone.I'm a-runnin' up and down the river, and my nerves are drivin' me wild.Now I'm a-runnin' up and down the river, and the bridge washed out, and I can't swim,and my baby's on the other side.The rain, oh rain, stopped the fallin'.Dark clouds hurried from the sky.The preacher and the bride's a-waitin', and the wedding bells are startin' to chime.I can't kiss and hold, and it's a-drivin' me out of my mind.Cause the bridge washed out.I can't swim, and my baby's on the other side.Yeah, the bridge washed out.I can't swim, and my baby's on the other side.