River Deep, Mountain High Lyrics

[MERCEDES]
When I was a little girl
I had a rag doll
Only doll I've ever owned

[SANTANA]
Now I love you just the way
I loved that rag doll
But only now my love has grown

[MERCEDES]
And it gets stronger, in every way

[MERCEDES & SANTANA]
And it gets deeper, let me say

[MERCEDES]
And it gets higher

[MERCEDES & SANTANA]
Day by day
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
[SANTANA]
When you were a young boy
Did you have a puppy
That always followed you around?

[MERCEDES]
Well, I'm gonna be as faithful as that puppy

[MERCEDES & SANTANA]
No, I'll never let you down

[MERCEDES]
And it grows stronger, like a river flows

[MERCEDES & SANTANA]
And it gets bigger baby, and heaven knows

[MERCEDES]
And it gets sweeter baby

[MERCEDES & SANTANA]
As it grows
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
[MERCEDES]
I love you baby like a flower loves the spring

[SANTANA]
And I love you baby like the robin loves to sing

[MERCEDES]
And I love you baby like a schoolboy loves his bag

[MERCEDES & SANTANA]
And I love you baby, river deep, mountain high

[MERCEDES]
Oh baby

[SANTANA]
Oh baby!

[MERCEDES]
Oh woah baby!

[SANTANA]
Ooh Ooh Ooh!

[MERCEDES]
Ooh Ooh Ooh!
[SANTANA]
Yeah!

[MERCEDES]
Yeah!

[MERCEDES & SANTANA, (SANTANA)]
(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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Genius Annotation

“River Deep, Mountain High” by Ike & Tina Turner is featured in Duets, the fourth episode of Season Two. It is sung by Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Santana (Naya Rivera) as their song for the duet competition to win a free dinner at Breadstix.

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How did the song perform commercially?
Genius Answer

“River Deep, Mountain High” peaked at #30 in Ireland, #36 in Canada, #41 in the United States, #44 in Australia and #45 in the United Kingdom.

The song marked the second time a Glee song with only RILEY (Also known as Amber Riley) and Naya Rivera’s vocals charted, the first being “The Boy Is Mine.”

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