Alas I Cannot Swim Lyrics - Laura Marling

There's a house across the river but alas I cannot swim 

And a garden of such beauty that the flowers seem to grin 

There's a house across the river but alas I cannot swim 

I'll live my life regretting that I never jumped in 

There's a boy across the river with short black curly hair 

He wants to be my lover and I want to be his peer 

There's a boy across the river but alas I cannot swim 

I never will get to put my arms around him 

There's a life across the river that was meant for me 

Instead I live my life in constant misery 

There's a life across the river but I do not see 

Why I should please those who will never be pleased 

There is gold across the river but I don't want none 

There is gold across the river but I don't want none 

Gold is fleeting, gold is fickle, gold is fun 

Gold is fleeting, gold is fickle, gold is fun 

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There is gold across the river but I don't want none 

I would rather by dry than held up by a golden gun 

Singing work more, earn more, live more, have more fun 

Singing work more, earn more, live more, have more fun 

Singing work more, earn more, live more, have more fun 

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