Down By The River Lyrics - It Never Rains In Southern California - Albert Hammond

City life was getting us down so we spent a weekend out town 

Pitched our tent on a patch of ground down by the river 

Lit a fire and drank some wine you put your jeans on top of mine 

I said: Come in 

The water's fine 

Down by the river 

Down by the river 

Down by the river 

Said: Come in the water's fine down by the river 

Didn't feel too good all night 

So we took a walk in the morning light 

And came across the strangest sight down by the river 

Silver fish lay on its side it was washed up by the early tide 

I wonder how it died? 

Down by the river 

Down by the river 

Down by the river, silver fish lay on its side 

The doctor put us both to bed 

He doesed us up and he shook his head 

Only foolish people go 

He said 

Down by the river 

The mighty willows weep 

Said he 

Because they're dying gradually 

From the waste from the factories 

Down by the river 

Down by the river 

Down by the river 

The mighty willows weep, said he down by the river 

And in time the riverbanks will die 

The reeds will wilt and the ducks won't fly 

There'll be a tear in the otter's eye down by the river 

The banks will soon be black and dead 

And where the otter raised his head 

Will be a clean 

White skull instead 

Down by the river 

Down by the river 

Down by the river, the banks will soon be black and dead 

Down by the river 

Down by the river 

The banks will soon be black and dead, down by the river