Albert Hammond - Down By The River lyrics

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City life was getting us down so we spent a weekend out o' town<br />

Pitched our tent on a patch of ground down by the river<br />

Lit a fire and drank some wine you put your jeans on top of mine<br />

I said: Come in, the water's fine down by the river<br />

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Down by the river, down by the river <br />

Said: come in the water's fine down by the river<br />

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Didn't feel too good all night, so we took a walk in the morning light<br />

And came across the strangest sight down by the river<br />

Silver fish lay on it's side, it was washed up by the early tide <br />

I wonder how it died down by the river<br />

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Down by the river, down by the river <br />

A silver fish lay on it's side down by the river<br />

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The doctor put us both to bed, he dosed us up and he shook his head <br />

'Only foolish people go', he said, 'down by the river'<br />

'Why do willows weep', said he, 'because they're dying gradually<br />

From the waste from the factories down by the river'<br />

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Down by the river, down by the river<br />

'Why do willows weep', said he, 'down by the river'<br />

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In time the riverbanks will die, the reeds will wilt and the ducks won't fly<br />

There'll be a tear in the otter's eye down by the river<br />

The banks will soon be black and dead and where the otter raised his head<br />

Will be a clean, white skull instead down by the river<br />

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Down by the river, down by the river<br />

The banks will soon be black and dead down by the river<br />

Down by the river, down by the river<br />

The banks will soon be black and dead down by the river