Composers:
Mike Hazlewood/Albert Hammond
City
life was getting us down so we
spent a weekend out o' town
Pitched our 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
I 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
And 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'
'The mighty 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
'Mighty willows weep', said he,
'down by the river'
And in time the riverbanks 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
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