River splashes against the rocks
And I scale the 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 claw for air
She doesn't care for my despair
Or is it me?

I'm the one that's wrong?
You see it in the sea
River cools 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 bags the rusty tin
I swim along 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)
Where the drownings are
You see in this heat
River cools where I belong
In my Mersey paradise

I want to be (I want to be)
Where the drownings are
You see in this heat
River cools where I belong, oh yeah

I want to be (I want to be)
Where the drownings are
You see in this heat
River cools where I belong
In my Mersey paradise