I.O.I.O. You know I love getting up in the morning When the sun first strikes the trees All the morning birds that sing above Still bring back memories Of a girl who stood beside me When the rights I did were wrong But she went back down the river Just when I thought I could be strong When I thought I could be strong, so I sing I.O.I.O. She never told me why she left me But the letter said goodbye Now my mornings are for wond'ring And my nights to reason why Why a stranger comes to steal the love Of a girl I had to hold But she went back down the river Just when I thought I could be strong When I thought I could be strong, so I sing I.O.I.O.