Love takes time we all agree   and time's not the easiest to cheat   The water changes one degree   When will the shiver   of this river   turn to sea      The river does no good, no harm   Tempts us like pirates to its calm   Lover's shanty, devil's psalm   Goddamn this river   and its shiver   and its charm      If you've got love's A to Z   Don't go dredging river bed   Use your fins and use your head   This river's hooked the floating dead      Our lives go bounding down the strewn   When will we realise minnow dreams   The frustration eating you and me   Our only wish   to be the fish   that meets the sea      We cannot tell a he or she   But us fish can tell a we   We know the seed we know the tree   When will my conker   conquer thee      The cheaper woman and myself   We've both got ladders in our tights   When you've been left on the top shelf   You've got those ladders in your sights