Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma
It runs free and rambles muddy and wide
Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma
It's gone forever and never looks back

I met her in Stillwell she just turned twenty
A spirited beauty like I'd never known
And me a dirt farmer who lived by the river
But she said she loved me and the free life I know

We married in April and lived by the river
We worked at land from spring till the fall
But I guess when the winter out at our window
She couldn't help hearing that wild river call

Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma...

[ steel ]
She tried to conquer that wild rage within her
But something too strong ran deep in her soul
But I know she loved me she cried like a baby
That cold winter evening she answered the call

Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma...