Mersey Paradise

River splashes against the locks
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'd 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?
The one that's wrong? (one that's wrong?)
You see in this heat
River cools where I belong
In my Mersey paradise

As I stare an oil can comes
Sailing by and I feel like
Growing fins and falling in
With the bricks the bikes the rusty tins

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 (drownings are)
You see in this heat
River cool's where I belong
In my Mersey paradise

I want to be (I want to be)
Where the drownings are (drownings are)
You see it in the sea
River cool's where I belong

Oh yeah

I want to be (I want to be)
Where the drownings are (drownings are)
You see it in the sea
River cool's where I belong
In my Mersey paradise


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Ben Garbutt
Ben Garbuttwhy the liverpool football team in the video when the Mersey runs through Manchester and is a song about a drowning ??
Bolt24 Hot Sounds
Bolt24 Hot Soundsnone the better
C
CWe can be friends if you listen to the stone roses
Craze VyRel
Craze VyRelMy grandmother was born in Warrington just like ian was. Whenever i listen to this song I just get images in my head of her walking along the mersey. Travelling to Liverpool/Manchester to see friends. Magical song
Darren Rush
Darren RushGreat people listen to great songs long live The stone roses xx
Duncan Birss
Duncan BirssAmazing , greatest b side ever
Fern Little
Fern Littlefavourite stone roses song right now ????
Fo Kat
Fo KatLong time ago x
GriefTourist
GriefTouristFunny that the otherwise exceptional John Peel preferred shite like the Fall and Wedding Present to this band !
i just wanna leave a comment on youtube
i just wanna leave a comment on youtubewhat made ian such a great lyricist?
Ian J
Ian JIntro more like Feel A Whole Lot Better - The Byrds
Madwokeidiot
MadwokeidiotMwi bros n ladys. 19 canteen. I seen SR When ian had no brown
pseudohipSTAR90
pseudohipSTAR90Does anyone else hear Here Comes The Sun in the opening guitar?
Sam Carter
Sam CarterPeople actually think that the lyrics are "Liverpools where I belong, in my Mersey paradise" ????????
steve hewitt
steve hewittsaw them 3 times in 1989. immense :)
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