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City life was gettin' us down |
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So we spent the weekend out of town |
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Pitched the tent on the patch of ground |
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Down by the river |
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Lit a fire and drank some wine |
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You put your jeans on the top of mine |
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Said, come in the water's fine |
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Down by the river |
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Down by the river |
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Down by the river |
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Said, come in the water's fine |
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Down by the river |
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Didn't feel too good all night |
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So we took a walk in the morning light |
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Came across the strangest sight |
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Down by the river |
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Silver fish lay on its side |
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It was washed up by the early tide |
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I wonder how it died |
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Down by the river |
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Down by the river |
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Down by the river |
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Silver fish lay on its side |
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Down by the river |
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Doctor put us both to bed |
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He dosed us up and he shook his head |
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Only foolish people go, he said |
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Down by the river |
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Why do willows weep, said he |
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Because they're dying gradually |
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From the waste, from the factories |
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Down by the river |
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Down by the river |
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Down by the river |
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Why do willows weep, said he |
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Down by the river |
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In time, the river banks will die |
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The reeds will wilt and the ducks won't fly |
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There'll be a tear in the otter's eye |
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Down by the river |
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The banks will soon be black and dead |
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And where the otter raised his head |
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Will be a clean white stone instead |
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Down by the river |
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Down by the river |
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Down by the river |
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Will be a clean white stone instead |
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Down by the river |