Mersey Paradise

River splashes against the rocks

And I scale a slope, and hope the tracks won't

Lead me down to dark black pits

Or places where we fall to bits

If she were there I'd hold her down

I'll push her under while she drowns

And couldn't breathe and clawed for air

She doesn't care for my despair

Or is it me, oh the one that's wrong?

You see, in this heat

River cool's where I belong

In my Mersey paradise

As I stare, an oil wheel comes sailing by

And I feel like

Growing fins and falling in

With the bricks, the bikes, the rusty tin, oh

Swim around without a care

I'm eating sand when I need air

You can bet your life I'll meet a pike

Who'll wolf me down for tea tonight

I want to be, I want to be

By the drowning sun

You see, in this heat

River cool's where I belong

In my Mersey paradise

I want to be, I want to be

By the drowning sun

You see, in this heat

River cool's where I belong

Oh, yeah

I want to be, I want to be

By the drowning sun

You see, in this heat

River cool's where I belong

In my Mersey paradise