Once I Saw The River Clean

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/Tobias
Producer	Joe Chiccarelli
Recorded	2019

Information

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

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

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 4

Morrissey live history:

• Leeds, England 2020-03-06 (Morrissey concert)
• Cologne, Germany 2020-03-09 (Morrissey concert)
• London, England 2020-03-14 (Morrissey concert)
• Phoenix, Arizona 2022-05-10 (Morrissey concert)

Appears On

• I Am Not A Dog On A Chain

Mentioned In

• Morrissey
• New Morrissey Album. - Release Information (November 28, 2019)
• LYRIC PRIDE - Morrissey Central (July 10, 2024)

Related Forum Threads

• Morrissey A-Z: "Once I Saw the River Clean" - Morrissey-solo (Jul 06, 2021)