Well I'll ride on down this river
With a man who stabbed me in the back
But he don't know I know what he's done to me
And we'll ride on down this river
He ain't the only one who knows how to act
I can do it too and you best believe

Riding down this river
All these things I remember
He don't know a thing
Kinda like me when I asked for him to mentor,

"Me and my girl are having problems,
I don't know what's going on,
Can you talk to her man?
And find out where things went wrong?
I've done everything I can to try to make the girl content,
I even bought the perfume she wanted that has a special scent,
The one that smells like mint, I even got her lipstick too,
Her favorite shade of blue, dude, what do I gotta do?"
He said
"I got you bro, don't you worry, I'm your best pal,
I'd take a bullet for you,
Man I hope you work things out
But for now I gotta go, I'll make sure to give her a call
Let's go hang out later bro and we can talk about it all"

So a few hours passed and we met up outside
He gave me a hug and laughed and said she was just fine
But he turned around, and there was blue on his neck
And he smelled like mints, and now he's going in the ground

So I'll ride on down this river
With a man who stabbed me in the back
But he don't know I know what he's done to me
And we'll ride on down this river
He ain't the only one who knows how to act
I can do it too and you best believe

So I looked him in his soul
And I knew he had to go
I said hey man the fish are biting
Go grab some poles
I'll get mine out the camper
And then I'll meet you on the boat
I grabbed my gun from the mattress
And tucked it to my side to stow

So we head on down the river
To his favorite fishing hole
The one he showed me months ago, the one that nobody knows
He really likes to keep secrets
Well I've got one of my own
2 of us are on this boat
But only 1 is going home

So I shut off the motor and turned to my friend and I said
"I've got a secret man, can you keep it until the very end"
He said
I got you man, what kind of secrets are on your mind?
I said
I want to shoot you dead
For messing with my future wife

And he tried to deny
But I reached to my side and grab my nine
And pull back the side
I aim it high right between his eyes
And said "two can keep a secret, but one of them has to die (pow) "

So I'll ride on down this river
With a man who stabbed me in the back
But he don't know I know what he's done to me
And we'll ride on down this river
He ain't the only one who knows how to act
I can do it too and you best believe