[Verse 1] Well my kind's been around forever And I claim to be one of the few But the lost cause of words walks away with my nerves Cause I'm gay as a choir boy for you [Verse 2] You got hair that recalls me of rivers Runs softly while you dream of you But your heart is so cold that it shivers Cause all that I know is that I'm nothing to you [Verse 3] And I followed you into the party That no one invited me to But alone I made love to my forty And played make-believe it was you [Verse 4] But I watched you forget your belongings And belongings you've got quite a few
I filled up your bag with my longings And searched through this whole wide city for you [Verse 5] And we'll walk beneath the street lamps forever You'll say you remind me of you It's so damn cliche that it's clever It's so f**ing false you think that it's true [Verse 6] Cause I heard that you forgot that you were a lover And lovers you've got one or two But you can't tell one from the other Now mama, now you're nothing to you [Refrain] And it's down by the riverside (wasting away) And it's down by the riverside (beating the clay)