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[Verse 1: Paul Heaton] Poems Don't sit by river Aren't there to be picked up by poets who pass To find them on bank And I'm Not built to deliver When stepping stone love in need Of a bridge or a plank [Verse 2: Paul] And youth The stream so much wider Thought you could slow down the flow If you drank and you drank Middle age Still unable to find her The words on the stone that you skimmed So heavy, it sank [Verse 3: Unknown] The ripple Hesitation creates The unposted poem with message So clear, yet so blank Love will come (Love to come) Not to he who just waits For mouthing from bank side seems safer Than living in tank [Verse 4: Unknown] Thoughts We understood were preserved They rotted and quickly moved on To a less cluttered bed And rust Some thoughts never deserved But treated no different to ones You kept in your head [Bridge: Paul Heaton] Couldn't master me a classical piece Brain's well oiled, but it's never been greased Popular, but not fighting for seats Pays the rent, but never the lease Never been classed as a work of art Unlikely, with the slowest of starts Good progress if he ever took part Schooldays when you live by your heart When you live by your heart... [Verse 5: Paul, Unknown, Paul & Unknown] And those Strong and able survive (Strong and able survive) And do so at the expense Of fiction and art Dissolve Unnoticed to sea (Unnoticed to sea) As time eats the evidence left That we even took part [Outro: Paul, Unknown, Paul & Unknown] Poems (Poems) Don't sit by river...