Down By The River lyrics

City life was getting us down

So we spent a weekend out 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

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

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

• Artist:Albert Hammond