Dear River Thames

<br>Dear River Thames,<br>You keep moving along,<br>Not knowing where you`re going,<br>Or where you`ve come from.<br>Your head`s in the valley,<br>Your feet in the sea,<br>Dear River Thames,<br>Stay a while, stay a while,<br>Listen to me.<br><br>Dear River Thames, <br>Distress blurs my mind,<br>Through London`s gray pastures,<br>So bleak and unkind.<br>Clear blue through meadows,<br>Darker through town,<br>Dear River Thames,<br>Stay by me, stay by me,<br>And don`t let me down.<br><br>Dear River Thames,<br>Sail me down to the sea,<br>Where seagulls sing anthems,<br>And circle around free.<br>And there I shall rest,<br>Where the waters descend,<br>Dear River Thames,<br>For the ride, I must confide,<br>That you are my friend.