Looking For The River (BBC Radio One John Peel Show Session) - Kevin Coyne

I’ve been crossing by the river in an anticipatory way

I’ve been searching for the river in an anticipatory way

But the river never came to me (x2)

Full of tin cans and boots and things

Full of thrown away engagement rings

Thrown away by errant boys and girls

Butcher’s meat and sordid Woolworth’s pearls

I’ve been crossing by he river, looking for it, full of anticipation

I’ve been crossing by the river full of anticipatory things

Men on bicycles and passing vehicles

Wheeled up, walled — up feelings under slime

Little houses knocked down for the roadway

Little ladies being kind to swans

Dogs and cats and fat men

Lying in the long grass

Little pacemakers on Christmas bikes

I’ve been looking for the river anticipatory in my way

I’ve been looking for the river but the river is far away