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Riverside by Agnes Obel

Down by the river by the boats
Where everybody goes to be alone
Where you wont see any (1)____________ sun
Down to the (2)__________ we (3)________ run

When by the (4)__________ we (5)__________ to the dregs
Look at the stones on the river bed
I can tell from your eyes
You've (6)__________ (7)________ by the riverside

Down by the (8)__________ the riverbed
Somebody (9)__________ you somebody says
Swim with the (10)______________ and float away
Down by the river everyday
(Oh) my God I see
How (11)____________________ is torn
In the (12)__________ deep
And I don't (13)________ why
I go the way
Down by the riverside

When that old river runs pass your eyes
To wash off the dirt on the riverside
Go to the water so (14)________ near
The (15)__________ will be your (16)________ and ears

I walk to the (17)______________ on my own
To fall in the water just (18)________ a stone
Chilled to the marrow in them bones
Why do I go here all alone
(Oh) my God I see
How everything 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 everything 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

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