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Riverside by Agnes Obel

Down by the river by the boats
Where (1)__________________ goes to be alone
Where you wont see any rising sun
Down to the river we will run

When by the (2)__________ 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 (3)______________ and (4)__________ away
Down by the river everyday
(Oh) my God I see
How everything is torn
In the (5)__________ deep
And I don't know why
I go the way
Down by the riverside

When that old (6)__________ runs pass your eyes
To wash off the dirt on the riverside
Go to the water so very near
The river will be your eyes and ears

I walk to the borders on my own
To fall in the water (7)________ like a stone
Chilled to the (8)____________ in (9)________ 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 (10)________ 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

Answers:
(1) everybody(2) water(3) current(4) float(5) river(6) river(7) just(8) marrow(9) them(10) know