[Verse 1]

Push all my papers in the stove

And pull the cotton high across your throat

Try to make you warm enough

So I can ply you with my talk of hope

'Cause boy, you got a long way up

And the ladder's cold and rusted rough

And you're too young to be tested thus, oh-oh

Can we put the pain in one of us?

[Chorus]

This is all I want

This is all I want

[Verse 2]

Soon the river rising up

And you, my guy, will ride on top

Through the sylvan valley under sun, oh-oh

And on and on the summers come

On and on

[Chorus]

This is all I want

This is all I want

This is all I want

[Bridge]

If I take care of you, that will take care of me

I will take care of you, and that will take care of me

If I can make you good, that's all I really need

I will take care of you, and that will take care of me

[Outro]

Soon the river rising up

And you, my guy, will ride on top

Through the sylvan valley under sun, oh-oh

And on and on the summers come

On and on the summers come

And on and on, on and on, on and on

On and on, on and on, on and on