If the river was whisky and I was a duck I’d dive to the bottom and I’d never come up Tell me how long have I got to wait? Can I get you now, or must I... Hesitate? If the river was whisky and the branch was vine You’d see me in bed most all of the time I was born in Alabama, raised in Tennessee You don’t like my peaches, don’t you shake my tree Two old maids sitting in the sand Each one a-wishing that the other was a man I was born in England, schooled in France If you want to know more best ask my parents I’m standing on the corner with a dollar in my hand Looking for a woman who’s looking for a man I got the hesitation stockings, hesitation shoes I really do believe I’ve got the hesitation blues