Oh you wild raging river like my woman's lips you lure me Pipe-piper of the desert roll on to the sea You're the same at noon or midnight and I follow where you go But you're planning no returning you wild  Colorado If I had no love of life I'd become part of your flow But I fear the place you'd take me you wild  Colorado Oh you wild raging river from the fountains of the mountains You ripple down the valley growing wide and swift and deep With what power you cut your canyons how long ago You're as wayward as my woman you wild Colorado If I had no love of life I'd become part of your flow But I fear the place you'd take me you wild  Colorado