Songtext Riverboat song Ocean Colour Scene

Riverboat song

I see double up ahead
Where the riverboat swayed beneath the sun
Is where the river runs red

Like a King who stalks the wings
and shoots a dove
And frees an eagle instead
It's more or less the same
as the things that you said

I see trouble up the road
Like the things you found in love are by the way
And like to cheat on your soul
Like the best and worst
of thoughts that lose control
Before you lie on your bed
It's more or less the same
as the things that you said

Anyway for all the things you know
tell me why does the river not flow
Anyway for all the things you said
tell me why does the river run red
Anyway for all the things you've seen
tell me when will the river run green
And anyway for all the things you know
tell me why does the river not flow

It's more or less the things you fail
to say in your way that's your trouble
Like a King who stalks the wings
and shoots the moon and the stars
And his double
It's more or less the same
as the things that you said

Anyway for all the things you know
tell me why does the river not flow
Anyway for all the things you said
tell me why does the river run red
Anyway for all the things you've seen
tell me when will the river run green
And anyway for all the things you know
tell me why does the river not flow

I see trouble up ahead
Where the river boat swayed beneath the sun
Is where the river runs red
I see double - that's my trouble.