I remember being richer than a king
The minutes of the day were golden
I recall that when the joint passed round

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 damned 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 stones
From babes into clones of the mean

The sea won't refuse this muddy river
Nor deny the sulfurous stream


There was a fool in a dressing robe
Riding out the twilight hour
Lonely and cold in an empty home

Trying to $$#ess 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 to 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 or 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.