Riverview - Jess Klein

I’ll remember the wisdom I took from you

On that morning I woke before the dew

In borrowed flat that overlooked the river

Where I gave you all a night girl could deliver

‘Cause your poetry and soft voice made me quiver

Your skin on my hands too

Off to Paris, or wherever the intellects call

Hey there baby, you know I’ve seen ‘em all

So don’t taunt me with your hazy words and merlot

I’ll be off to Detroit, Michigan tomorrow

And don’t think I’m carrying all that much sorrow

Or that much hope for you

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I only get down when my love comes though

I only get down when there’s nothing else to do

Don’t pull me around

I’m a mess

I’m a fool

I’m a seven story wreck

But my love ain’t no lie

It’s just streaming out of check

The one thing I still know is how morning comes around

Out on the riverview

You could paint me the way the kingdom fell

Serenade me ‘bout a world gone straight to hell

Yeah but you won’t ask me who here is in danger

Or who in their own world feels like a stranger

Just get your wine and cheap dope from my manger

Your lips from my ears too

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Well now baby, if the wishin' could make it true

Would my heart be as covered and cold as you?

When I’m pounding on the table ‘til you’ll hold me

And I screamed for what I knew you’d never tell me

I know I took a lot out of you

But I could take a lot too

Like I took in your round face and your cologne

And those scribbled, crumpled notes that I took home

And some other things my heart just won’t condone

Alone on the riverview

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