Down by the River

Down by the River - Albert Hammond

City life was getting us down so we spent a weekend out of 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 it's 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 it's 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

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 riverbanks will die the reeds will wilt

And the ducks won't fly

There will 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