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Artist: Ocean Colour Scene
Canonical path: /ocean-colour-scene/the-riverboat-song
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Riverboat Song
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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The Riverboat Song
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I see double up ahead
Where the riverboat swayed beneath the sun
Is where the river runs red
Like a King who stalks the wings and shoots a dove
And frees an eagle instead
It's more or less the same as the things that you said
I see trouble up the road
Like the things you found in love are by the way
And like to cheat on your soul
Like the best and worst of thoughts that lose control
Before you lie on your bed
It's more or less the same as the things that you said
Anyway for all the things you know tell me why does the river notflow
Anyway for all the things you said tell me why does the river runred
Anyway for all the things you've seen tell me when will the riverrun green
And anyway for all the things you know tell me why does the rivernot flow
It's more or less the things you fail to say in your way that'syour trouble
Like a King who stalks the wings and shoots the moon and thestars
And his double
It's more or less the same as the things that you said
I see trouble up ahead
Where the river boat swayed beneath the sun
Is where the river runs red
I see double - that's my trouble.
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Ocean Colour Scene performs "The Riverboat Song", and this lyric page sits inside the Ocean Colour Scene catalog on LyroVerse.
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