EVERYBODY TELLS ME
IT'S 'BOUT TIME
THAT I MOVED ON
AND I NEED TO
LEARN TO LIGHTEN UP
AND LEARN HOW TO BE YOUNG
BUT MY HEART IS A VALLEY
IT'S SO SHALLOW
AND MAN-MADE
I'M SCARED TO DEATH
IF I LET YOU IN THAT
YOU'LL SEE I'M JUST A FAKE
SOMETIMES I FEEL LONELY
IN THE ARMS OF YOUR TOUCH
BUT I KNOW THAT'S JUST ME
'CAUSE NOTHING
EVER IS ENOUGH
WHEN I WAS A CHILD
I GREW UP BY THE RIVER LEA
AND THERE WAS
SOMETHIN' IN THE WATER
NOW THAT SOMETHIN'S IN ME
OH, I CAN'T GO BACK
BUT THE REEDS ARE GROWIN'
OUT OF MY FINGERTIPS
I CAN'T GO BACK
TO THE RIVER
BUT IT'S IN MY ROOTS
IN MY VEINS
IN MY BLOOD AND I STAIN
EVERY HEART THAT I USE
TO HEAL THE PAIN
OH, IT'S IN MY ROOTS
IN MY VEINS
IN MY BLOOD AND I STAIN
EVERY HEART THAT I USE
TO HEAL THE PAIN
SO, I BLAME IT ON THE RIVER LEA
THE RIVER LEA, THE RIVER LEA
YEAH, I BLAME IT
ON THE RIVER LEA
THE RIVER LEA, THE RIVER LEA...
I SHOULD PROBABLY
TELL YOU NOW
BEFORE IT'S WAY TOO LATE
THAT I NEVER MEANT
TO HURT YOU
OR TO LIE STRAIGHT
TO YOUR FACE
CONSIDER THIS MY APOLOGY
I KNOW IT'S YEARS IN ADVANCE
BUT I WOULD
RATHER SAY IT NOW
IN CASE I NEVER
GET THE CHANCE
NO, I CAN'T GO BACK
BUT THE REEDS ARE GROWIN'
OUT OF MY FINGERTIPS
I CAN'T GO BACK
TO THE RIVER
BUT IT'S IN MY ROOTS
IN MY VEINS
IN MY BLOOD AND I STAIN
EVERY HEART THAT I USE
TO HEAL THE PAIN
OH, IT'S IN MY ROOTS
IN MY VEINS
IN MY BLOOD AND I STAIN
EVERY HEART THAT I USE
TO HEAL THE PAIN
SO, I BLAME IT ON THE RIVER LEA
THE RIVER LEA, THE RIVER LEA
YEAH, I BLAME IT
ON THE RIVER LEA
THE RIVER LEA, THE RIVER LEA
SO, I BLAME IT ON THE RIVER LEA
THE RIVER LEA, THE RIVER LEA
YEAH, I BLAME IT
ON THE RIVER LEA
THE RIVER LEA, THE RIVER LEA...
RE-RE-DEE...
RE-RE-DEE...
RE-RE-DEE...
RE-RE-DEE...