Alas I Cannot Swim - Laura Marling

There’s a house across the river but alas I cannot swim

And a garden of such beauty that the flowers seem to grin

There’s a house across the river but alas I cannot swim

I’ll live my life regretting that I never jumped in

There’s a boy across the river with short black curly hair

He wants to be my lover and I want to be his peer

There’s a boy across the river but alas I cannot swim

I never will get to put my arms around him

There’s a life across the river that was meant for me

Instead I live my life in constant misery

There’s a life across the river but I do not see

Why I should please those who will never be pleased

There is gold across the river but I don’t want none

There is gold across the river but I don’t want none

Gold is fleeting, gold is fickle, gold is fun

Gold is fleeting, gold is fickle, gold is fun

There is gold across the river but I don’t want none

I would rather by dry than held up by a golden gun

Singing work more, earn more, live more, have more fun

Singing work more, earn more, live more, have more fun

Singing work more, earn more, live more, have more fun