Made a pact lying there on our backs
Swearing to every star that the sky did hold
Promising our love was true, I'm promising to see it through
Then we headed due southwest across the Muscle Shoals
We slid down a riverbank in the pouring rain giving thanks
For the strength just to carry on through the fog and the cold
There at the water's edge, she tugged my arm and I nodded my head
Just one more step, and that river took ahold
And when my love crosses over, I'm coming over too
To cross that mighty river that's before us
To the new western world, mountains high and plain unfurled
Desert stretching out to touch the Californias
We said we'd never look back, never have, and that's a fact
That Mississippi washed us clean down to the bone
The journey's been long, my friend
Hell, you never know what state you're in
Yeah, but the unknown, it's always the unknown
And when my love crosses over, I'm coming over too
To cross that mighty river that's before us
To the new western world, mountains high and plain unfurled
Desert stretching out to touch the Californias
I lost track of you a while, but you were waiting for me with a smile
Made me feel like a little child with a brand-new view
Let's do it all over, babe, it'd just be another trip we made
When my love crosses over, I'm coming too
