The Sea Refuses No River Lyrics - Singles - Townshend Pete

I remember being richer than a king 

The minutes of the day were golden 

I recall that when the joint passed around 

My body felt a little colder 

But now I'm like a sewer channel - running lime and scag 

Let me get at the master panel - let me at my stack 

The sea refuses no river 

And right now this river's banks are blown 

The sea refuses no river 

Whether stinking and rank 

Or red from the tank 

Whether pure as a spring 

There's no damn thing stops the poem 

The sea refuses no river 

And this river is homeward flowing 

I have seen a trace of strain 

In other's eyes, not spoken. 

I must admit that I enjoyed their pain 

But this time it's me that's broken 

I demand for you and His 

This must be the time 

When we decide what freedom is 

Turn water into wine 

For the sea refuses no river 

We're polluted now but in our hearts still clean 

The sea refuses no river 

We tried not to age 

But time had it's rage 

We're washed over the stones 

From babies into clones of the mean 

The sea won't refuse this muddy river 

Nor deny the sulphurous stream 

There was a fool in a dressing robe 

Riding out the twilight hour 

Lonely and cold in an empty home 

Trying to assess his power 

But now he's like a stream in flood 

Swollen by the storm 

He doesn't care if he sheds his blood 

Let him be reborn 

For the sea refuses no river 

Remember that when the beggar buys a round 

The sea refuses no river 

And rain fills the gutters 

No time for stutters 

This is our chance 

To sing and dance and to clown 

The sea refuses no river 

And rivers were sprung to drown 

The sea refuses no river 

No pecking code respected for the damned 

The sea refuses no river 

Whether starving and ill 

Or strung on some pill 

Just 'cos you own the land 

There's no unique hand plugs the dam 

The sea refuses no river 

And the river is where I am 

The river is where I am.