IntroVerse 1Bells Ringing In The Battered YardEvicted This Morning, Thought You Might've HeardAt Five In The Morning, They Cut Their Way InWe Were Singing In The Kitchen When The Bailiffs ChargedWe Were The Young Ones, Wild Things PlayingBarefoot Dancing In The Concrete DustSwimming In A River Of Smoke And SerotoninOur Forgotten City Of Glitter And RustChorusIWatched The WaterRiseAnd I Held My CoverMaybe For Too LongInstrumental BreakVerse 2There Was A Timе We Kept Each Othеr FloatingAll Tied Together, Bobbing Up And DownThought For A Time, We Could Hold Back The FloodBut The Old River Rose And Swallowed Our TownThere Was A Time I Didn't Get An AnswerYou Said All The Things I Wished You Had At The StartYou Cut Me Loose And Drifted AwayTried And Failed, Wandered ApartChorusIWatched The WaterRiseAnd I Held My CoverMaybe For Too LongInstrumental BreakChorusIWatched The WaterRiseAnd I Held My CoverIWatched The WaterRiseAnd I Held My CoverMaybe For Too Long