Riverbank Lyrics - John Cale

All along the riverbank nobody seems to know 

They heard nothing, saw even less of the hunger in their souls 

Safety first or safety last I wish I could have helped 

Those poor unfortunate widows standing waiting for their sailor boys 

Madame Nhu, yes madame knew 

Down they came to look around that riverbank 

For names or numbers or anything they could find written there 

On the wall 

Cause somebody seemed to know but no one was prepared to tell 

Anything they'd learnt to love about long ago 

And the cold people getting colder 

Like babysitters in their graves 

Satisfying heretic vicars passing on 

Send them running on ahead picking up the wendy trash instead 

Like foulmouth people openheart surgery creatures 

Crawling back inside of you 

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All along the riverbank nobody will ever know 

What fools and their monies sailors and their honeys 

Got stung one evening there 

Cause the stones around their necks are the stones on the Riverbank 

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