[Verse 1]

Everybody tells me it's 'bout time that I moved on

That I need to learn to lighten up and learn how to be young

But my heart is a valley, it's so shallow and manmade

I'm scared to death if I let you in that you'll see I'm just a fake

Sometimes, I feel lonely in the arms of your touch

But I know that's just me 'cause nothing ever is enough

When I was a child, I grew up by the River Lea

There was somethin' in the water, now that something's in me

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, I can't go back

But the reeds are growin' out of my fingertips

I can't go back to the river

[Chorus]

But it's in my roots, in my veins

In my blood and I stain

Every heart that I use to heal the pain

Oh, it's in my roots, in my veins

In my blood and I stain

Every heart that I use to heal the pain

[Post-Chorus]

So I blame it on the River Lea

The River Lea, the River Lea

Yeah, I blame it on the River Lea

The River Lea, the River Lea

[Verse 2]

I should probably tell you now before it's way too late

That I never meant to hurt you or to lie straight to your face

Consider this my apology, I know it's years in advance

But I would rather say it now in case I never get the chance

[Pre-Chorus]

No, I can't go back

But the reeds are growin' out of my fingertips

I can't go back to the river

[Chorus]

But it's in my roots, in my veins

In my blood and I stain

Every heart that I use to heal the pain

Oh, it's in my roots, in my veins

In my blood and I stain

Every heart that I use to heal the pain

[Post-Chorus]

So I blame it on the River Lea

The River Lea, the River Lea

Yeah, I blame it on the River Lea

The River Lea, the River Lea

So I blame it on the River Lea

The River Lea, the River Lea

Yeah, I blame it on the River Lea

The River Lea, the River Lea

[Outro]

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(River Lea, River Lea)

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(River Lea)

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(River Lea)

(Oh)

(River Lea)

(Oh)

(The River Lee, the River Lee, the River Lee)

(The River Lee, the River Lee, the River Lee)