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Riverside by Agnes Obel

Down by the (1)__________ by the boats
Where (2)__________________ goes to be alone
Where you wont see any (3)____________ sun
Down to the (4)__________ we will run

When by the water we drink to the dregs
Look at the stones on the river bed
I can tell from your eyes
You've never been by the riverside

Down by the water the riverbed
Somebody calls you somebody says
Swim with the current and (5)__________ away
Down by the (6)__________ everyday
(Oh) my God I see
How everything is torn
In the river deep
And I don't (7)________ why
I go the way
Down by the riverside

When that old river (8)________ (9)________ (10)________ eyes
To (11)________ off the dirt on the riverside
Go to the water so very near
The (12)__________ will be your eyes and ears

I walk to the (13)______________ on my own
To fall in the water (14)________ (15)________ a stone
Chilled to the marrow in (16)________ bones
Why do I go (17)________ all alone
(Oh) my God I see
How everything is torn
In the (18)__________ deep
And I don't know why
I go the way
Down by the riverside
(Oh) my God I see
How (19)____________________ is torn
In the river 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

Answers:
(1) river(2) everybody(3) rising(4) river(5) float(6) river(7) know(8) runs(9) pass(10) your(11) wash(12) river(13) borders(14) just(15) like(16) them(17) here(18) river(19) everything