Intro: Everybody tells me it's 'bout time that I moved on And I need to learn to lighten up and learn how to be young But my heart is a valley, it's so shallow and man-made I'm scared to death if I let you in, you'll see I'm just a fake Sometimes I feel lonely in the arms of your touch But I know that's just me 'cause nothing ever is enough When I was a child I grew up by the River Lea There was something in the water, now that something's in me No, I can't go back But the ???s are growing out of my fingers I can't go back To the river But it's in my roots, in my veins In my blood and I'll slay every heart that I use to heal the pain But it's in my roots, in my veins In my blood and I'll slay every heart that I use to heal the pain So I blame it on River lea The River Lea, The River Lea Yeah, I blame it on River lea The River Lea, The River Lea I should probably tell you now before is way too late that I never meant to hurt you or to lie straight to your face Consider this my apology I know it's years in advance But I rather say it now in case I never get the chance No, I can't go back But the ???s are growing out of my fingers I can't go back To the river But it's in my roots, in my veins In my blood and I'll slay every heart that I use to heal the pain But it's in my roots, in my veins In my blood and I'll slay every heart that I use to heal the pain So I blame it on River lea The River Lea, The River Lea Yeah, I blame it on River lea The River Lea, The River Lea So I blame it on River lea The River Lea, The River Lea Yeah, I blame it on River lea The River Lea, The River Lea