Wet Wet Wet - Hold Back The River lyrics

Stop your pretending Listen to what I've got to say How your head's went away Only here for a day And that grave I just made Is for me when I get paid Won't you wait a while Move to the blue Sometimes people don't want to say Old time dancers don't die that way See that grave I've just made It's for me when I get paid Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Do you love and surrender Sometimes I don't feel I can remember I think it's fair to mention About the days when I get paid Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you I want a little loving I told you all to listen But you never liked what you heard I take what I am given This may sound absurd I share a double vision That started the transition Hey where's jimmy jazz Steady on the scale I told you to listen I told you all to listen Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you Somebody's gotta hold back the river Somebody like you You know that somebody You know that somebody You know that somebody But it ain't you