CITY LIFE WAS
GETTIN' US DOWN
SO, WE SPENT A WEEKEND
OUTTA TOWN
PITCHED THE TENT
ON A PATCH OF GROUND
DOWN BY THE RIVER
LIT A FIRE AND
DRANK SOME WINE
YOU PUT YOUR JEANS
ON TOP OF MINE
SAID COME IN
THE WATER'S FINE
DOWN BY THE RIVER
DOWN BY THE RIVER
DOWN BY THE RIVER
SAID COME IN
THE WATER'S FINE
DOWN BY THE RIVER
DIDN'T FEEL
TOO GOOD ALL NIGHT
SO, WE TOOK A WALK
IN THE MORNING LIGHT
CAME ACROSS
THE STRANGEST SIGHT
DOWN BY THE RIVER
SILVER FISH LAY ON ITS SIDE
IT WAS WASHED UP
BY THE EARLY TIDE
I WONDER HOW IT DIED
DOWN BY THE RIVER
DOWN BY THE RIVER
DOWN BY THE RIVER
A SILVER FISH LAY ON ITS SIDE
DOWN BY THE RIVER
THE 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
AND WHY DO WILLOWS
WEEP, SAID HE
BECAUSE THEY'RE
DYIN' GRADUALLY
FROM THE WASTE
FROM THE FACTORIES
DOWN BY THE RIVER
DOWN BY THE RIVER
DOWN BY THE RIVER
WHY DO WILLOWS
WEEP, SAID HE
DOWN BY THE RIVER
AND IN TIME THE
RIVER BANKS WILL DIE
THE REEDS WILL WILT
AND THE DUCKS WON'T FLY
THERE'LL BE A TEAR
IN THE OTTER'S EYE
DOWN BY THE RIVER
THE BANKS WILL SOON
BE BLACK AND DEAD
AND WHERE THE OTTER
RAISED HIS HEAD
WILL BE A CLEAN
WHITE SKULL INSTEAD
DOWN BY THE RIVER
DOWN BY THE RIVER
DOWN BY THE RIVER
THE BANKS WILL SOON
BE BLACK AND DEAD
DOWN BY THE RIVER
DOWN BY THE RIVER
DOWN BY THE RIVER
THE BANKS WILL SOON
BE BLACK AND DEAD...
DOWN BY THE RIVER