River Deep - Mountain High Lyrics

[TINA]
When I was a little girl I had a rag doll
Only doll I've ever owned
Now I love just the way I loved that rag doll
Only now my love has grown

[IKETTES]
Doo, do do, doo doo do do
Doo, do do, doo doo do do

[TINA]
And it gets stronger in every way
And it gets deeper, let me say
And it gets higher day by day

[TINA & IKETTES]
Do I love you?
My, oh my
River deep, mountain high
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If I lost you, would I cry?
Oh, how I love you baby
Baby, baby, baby


When you were a young boy
Did you have a puppy
(Doo, do do, doo doo do do
Doo, do do, doo doo do do
)
That always followed you around?
(Doo, do do, doo doo do do
Doo, do do, doo doo do do
)
Well, I'm gonna be as faithful as that puppy
(Doo, do do, doo doo do do
Doo, do do, doo doo do do
)
No, I'll never let you down (Doo, do do, doo doo do do)
[TINA]
'Cause it grows stronger like a river flows
And it gets bigger, baby, heaven knows
And it gets sweeter, baby, as it grows

[TINA & IKETTES]
Do I love you?
My, oh my
River deep, mountain high
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If I lost you, would I cry?
Oh, how I love you baby
Baby, baby, baby


[TINA]
I love you, baby
Like a flower loves spring
And I love you, baby
Like a robin loves to sing
I love you, baby
Like a schoolboy loves his pet
I love you, baby
River deep, mountain high

Oh, baby
Do, baby
Do, baby
Ah!
[TINA & IKETTES]
Do I love you?
My, oh my
Yeah, river deep, mountain high
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If I lost you, would I cry?
Oh, how I love you baby
Baby, baby, baby

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