This dirty broken river just don't relax me at all
But I ain't no Ray Davies and I know that I never was
I keep one eye on the bottom just like you said
But it just stares straight back at me and you know what it says
Boy you could be more polite
I drowned my future in that river and then I drowned my past
Stopped being anxious for a while but then a while did pass
It's evil to live backwards never look for rain from a blue sky
Don't let the country doctor contradict ya
But most of all
Boy you could be more polite on your way down