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| Name
| Name = Once I Saw The River Clean
| {{{Name |<span class="unknown">Once I Saw The River Clean</span>}}}
| Album = [[I Am Not A Dog On A Chain]]
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| Length = 4:19
| Album/Single
| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Jesse Tobias]]
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| Producer = [[Producer::Joe Chiccarelli]]
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| Recorded = 2019
| <span class="small">&#32;({{{Track}}})</span>
| Release = March 2020 
| ArtistType = Morrissey
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==Information==
| Length
The lyric: "twenty Number 10's" refers to an old brand of UK cigarettes (Player's Number 10).
| {{{Length |<span class="unknown">4:19</span>}}}
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| Recorded
| {{{Recorded |<span class="unknown">2019</span>}}}
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| Writer
| {{{Writer |<span class="unknown">Morrissey/Tobias</span>}}}
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| Producer
| {{{Producer |<span class="unknown">[[Joe Chiccarelli]]</span>}}}
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== Official Lyric Video ==
== Official Lyric Video ==
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== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
 
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{{lyrics |
Once I saw the river clean
Once I saw the river clean
Distant future, wait for me
distant future... wait for me!
I grow pleasing to the eye
I grow pleasing to the eye
And the queue will queue for me
and the queue will queue for me
 
once I saw the river clean
Once I saw the river clean
soon the clock will strike for me
Soon the clock will strike for me
childish mind anticipates
Childish mind anticipates
grownup mind consummates
Grown-up mind consummates


I walked with my grandmother
I walked with my grandmother
Down a windblown Chester Road
down a wind-blown Chester Road
With her fifty-two new pence
with her 52 New Pence
For her twenty number-tens
For her twenty Number 10's
 
and my 45 Pence
And my forty-five pence too
to demand 'Metal guru'
Demand metal guru
then with hearts securely stacked
Once with hearts securely stacked
we walked all the way back
Then we walked all the way back


I walked with my grandmother
I walked with my grandmother
Along the groan of Talbot Road
along the groan of Talbot Road
In the gardens by the graves
in the gardens by the graves
I can just about behave
I can just about behave
 
arrogant and paranoid
Arrogant and paranoid
all around see fathead youth
All around, see fathead youth
look into their brutal eyes
Look into their brutal eyes
but only if you want the truth
But only if you want the truth


Once I saw the river clean
Once I saw the river clean
Scratching up the latest scheme
scratching up the latest scheme
Time will come but it hasn't yet
time will come - but it hasn't yet
Someone's out to get me
someone's out to get me
 
I walked with my grandmother
I walked with my grandmother
Cornbread street, we're incomplete
Cornbrook Street, where, incomplete
She would never be again
she would never be again
A Dublin dancer, free and young
a Dublin dancer free and young
}}
</poem>


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Latest revision as of 19:22, 7 February 2023

I am not a dog on a chain.jpg
MORRISSEY song
Name Once I Saw The River Clean
Album/single I Am Not A Dog On A Chain
Length 4:19
Writer/composer Morrissey / Jesse Tobias
Producer Joe Chiccarelli
Release March 2020
Recorded 2019

Information

The lyric: "twenty Number 10's" refers to an old brand of UK cigarettes (Player's Number 10).

Official Lyric Video

Lyrics

Once I saw the river clean
distant future... wait for me!
I grow pleasing to the eye
and the queue will queue for me
once I saw the river clean
soon the clock will strike for me
childish mind anticipates
grownup mind consummates

I walked with my grandmother
down a wind-blown Chester Road
with her 52 New Pence
For her twenty Number 10's
and my 45 Pence
to demand 'Metal guru'
then with hearts securely stacked
we walked all the way back

I walked with my grandmother
along the groan of Talbot Road
in the gardens by the graves
I can just about behave
arrogant and paranoid
all around see fathead youth
look into their brutal eyes
but only if you want the truth

Once I saw the river clean
scratching up the latest scheme
time will come - but it hasn't yet
someone's out to get me
I walked with my grandmother
Cornbrook Street, where, incomplete
she would never be again
a Dublin dancer free and young

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