The River

You say you care for me

That means you don't

You tell me "open your eyes"

That means I won't

I keep them closed, baby

Closed, closer to my thoughts

I keep them safe inside me

Where they drown in sorrow

I take my heels off

And I run like no tomorrow

Run, baby, run

I'm at the bus stop

One pound fifty

Takes you anywhere you wanna go

Anywhere is fine

Where you can find me

I thought I had the right to be forgotten

Everywhere I go, you're right behind me

A bridge and under it, some water

Across it, the Houses of Parliament

In the river, I throw in my oyster

You say you care for me

That means you don't

You tell me "open your eyes"

That means I won't

I keep them closed, baby

Closed, closer to my thoughts

I keep them safe inside me

Where they drown in sorrow

I take my heels off

And I run like no tomorrow

Run, baby, run

I'm at the bus stop

One pound fifty

Takes you anywhere you wanna go

Anywhere is fine

Where you can find me