Gonna live the simple life baby Gonna live the simple life mama We can see the fishboat lights Sleep out underneath the night Gonna live the simple life baby Gonna love you all my life baby Gonna love you all my life mama River storms and river tides Still held between two riversides Gonna love you all my life baby Sail me up the Hudson River Sail me up the Hudson mama From the Half Moon deck I see Houses in the golden green Sail me up the Hudson River! Singing on the Hudson River Singing on the Hudson mama Sing of avocado trees and ships And unborn children in your hips Singing on the Hudson River! There's a five-piece gospel band Inside the heart of every man! Gonna live the simple life baby!