The Sea Refuses No River
Pete Townsend

I remember being richer than a kingnThe minutes of the day were goldennI recall that when the joint passed roundnMy body felt a little coldernBut now I'm like a sewer channelnRunning lime and scagnLet me get at the master panelnLet me at my stacknnThe sea refuses no rivernAnd right now this river's banks are blownnThe sea refuses no rivernWhether stinking and ranknor red from the tanknWhether pure as a springnThere's no damned thing stops the poemnThe sea refuses no rivernAnd this river is homeward flowingnnI have seen a trace of strainnin others' eyes, not spokennI must admit that I enjoyed their painnBut this time it's me that's brokennI demand for you and HisnThis must be the timenWhen we decide what freedom isnTurn water into winennFor the sea refuses no rivernWe're polluted now, but in our hearts still cleannThe sea refuses no rivernWe tried not to agenBut time had its ragenWe're washed over stonesnFrom babes into clones of the meannThe sea won't refuse this muddy rivernNor deny the sulphurous streamnnThere was a fool in a dressing robenRiding out the twilight hournLonely and cold in an empty homenTrying to assess his powernBut now he's like a stream in floodnSwollen by the stormnHe doesn't care if he sheds his bloodnLet him be rebornnnFor the sea refuses no rivernRemember that when the beggar buys a roundnThe sea refuses no rivernAnd rain fills the guttersnNo time for stuttersnThis is our chancenTo sing and to dance and to clownnThe sea refuses no rivernAnd rivers were sprung to drownnnThe sea refuses no rivernNo pecking code respected for the damnednThe sea refuses no rivernWhether starving and illnor strung on some pillnJust 'cos you own the landnThere's no unique hand plugs the damnThe sea refuses no rivernAnd the river is where I amnnThe river is where I am

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