Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Pulp
Canonical path: /pulp/down-by-the-river
Related lyric paths: 6
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Down By The River
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Down By The River
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Take me down
To the river
Where I would not go before
Through the trees and the rushes
To a place we both know
And I'm feeling much younger
As I kneel on the ground
Dip my toe in the water
Of the river where I watched you drown
Nadadum nananana nana na...
Oh, when the river ran dry that next year
I could not find your body
Now I'm standing here ready at last
To dive down and reach you again
And I long to be with you
Now these cold nights have come
Oh, I go down to the river
But the river will stop for no-one
Though I ask it it keeps flowing on
When I ask it
It tells me you're gone
Dadow...
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