Jump on the boat and we'll sail away We'll head to places where you want to stay We'll travel upstream where the air is nice and clean Come follow me and see where I flow Miles and miles of places to go You can watch the world fall apart at the seams Down by the river where the air is clearer Where nature runs its course with its own free will Down by the river where thoughts are clearer Where life is simple with no cheap thrills Keep on flowing on your end's path and you leave all behind in your aftermath The towns and valleys and past the rolling fields With your silted banks and permitted paths You're a thousand years old and you're built to last Old Father Thames watches over you Down by the river where the air is clearer Where nature runs its course with its own free will Down by the river where thoughts are clearer Where life is simple with no cheap thrills You can drift away and enjoy the views It's a place to go to avoid the news And you can travel to places that you've never seen Down by the river where the air is clearer Where nature runs its course with its own free will Down by the river where thoughts are clearer Where life is simple with no cheap thrills Down by the river where the air is clearer Where nature runs its course with its own free will Down by the river where thoughts are clearer Where life is simple with no cheap thrills