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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 water we drink to the dregs
Look at the stones on the (2)__________ bed
I can tell from your eyes
You've never (3)________ by the riverside

Down by the water the riverbed
Somebody calls you somebody says
Swim (4)________ the current and float away
Down by the river everyday
(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

When (5)________ old river 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 (6)________ in the water just like a stone
Chilled to the (7)____________ 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 (8)__________ deep
And I don't (9)________ 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) river(3) been(4) with(5) that(6) fall(7) marrow(8) river(9) know