Down by the river
Albert Hammond (Albert Hammond)
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1. City life was getting us down so we spent a weekend out of town. Pitched a tent on a patch of ground, down by the river.
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Lit a fire and drank some wine. You put your jeans on top of mine I said: "Come in, the water's fine, down by the river".
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Refr. Down by the river. Down by the river. I said: "Come in, the water's fine". Down by the river.
2. Didn't feel too good all night so we took a walk in the mornin' light. Came across the strangest sight down by the river.
A silver fish lay on it's side. It was washed up by the early tide. I wonder how it died, down by the river.
Refr. Down by the river. Down by the river. A silver fish lay on it's side down by the river.
3. Doctor put us both to bed. He dosed us up and he shook his head. Only foolish people go, he said, down by the river
"Why do willows weep?", said he. "Because they're dying gradually from the waste from the factory down by the river."
Refr. Down by the river. Down by the river. "Why do willows weep"?, said he, down by the river.
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4. In time the river banks will die and the reed will wilt and the ducks won't fly. There'll be a tear in the author's eye, down by the river.
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The banks will soon be black and dead and where the author raise his head there'll be a clean white stub instead, down by the river.
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Refr. Down by the river. Down by the river. The banks will soon be black and dead down by the river.
Refr. Down by the river. Down by the river. The banks will soon be black and dead down by the river. (Slowing down)