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Riverside by Agnes Obel

Down by the (1)__________ by the boats
Where everybody (2)________ to be alone
Where you wont see any rising sun
Down to the river we will run

When by the water we (3)__________ to the dregs
Look at the stones on the (4)__________ bed
I can tell (5)________ your eyes
You've never (6)________ by the riverside

Down by the water the riverbed
Somebody calls you (7)________________ says
Swim with the current and (8)__________ away
Down by the (9)__________ everyday
(Oh) my God I see
How everything is torn
In the (10)__________ deep
And I don't know why
I go the way
Down by the riverside

When that old river (11)________ (12)________ your eyes
To (13)________ off the dirt on the riverside
Go to the (14)__________ so very near
The (15)__________ will be (16)________ eyes and ears

I walk to the borders on my own
To fall in the (17)__________ (18)________ (19)________ a stone
Chilled to the (20)____________ in them bones
Why do I go here all alone
(Oh) my God I see
How (21)____________________ is torn
In the river deep
And I don't know why
I go the way
Down by the riverside
(Oh) my God I see
How (22)____________________ is torn
In the (23)__________ deep
And I don't know why
I go the way
Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside

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