Down By The River

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  Ci ty life was get-tin us down

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  So We Spent the week-end out of town

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  Pitched The Tent on a patch of ground

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  Down By The Riv-er


  Lit a fire and drank some wine
  You put your jeans on the top of mine
  Said, come in the water's fine
  Down by the river

CHORUS
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  Down by the riv-er
  

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  Down by the riv-er

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  Said, come in the wat er's fine


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  Down by the riv-er 

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
Silver fish lay on its side
Down by the river

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 factories
Down by the river

Down by the river
Down by the river
Why do willows weep, said he
Down by the river

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 stone instead
Down by the river

Down by the river
Down by the river
Will be a clean white stone instead
Down by the river