Youth picks over stones like crows Urban black leg funeral clothes Passing out the videos Pounding beat the Mersey. (Sold down the river) 1 support the Reds and I've got the blues Drink too much and I choose to snooze Dream of boxing kangaroos Pounding beat the Mersey. (Sold down the river) Why don't you kill me, kill me? Stop putting me down Why don't you kill me, kill me? Stop putting me down (Sold down the river) I view the city from afar A skeletal burnt out motor car Wave goodbye for America Pounding beat the Mersey. (Sold down the river) Don't you know. They've shut down all the factories in Knotty Ash The captains of industry, all them Presidents of Cash, they say that our labour costs less in Bangladesh. Ah well, I'll marmalise 'em I tell you. I'll marmalise 'em. Why don't you kill me, kill me? Stop putting me down Why don't you kill me, kill me? Stop putting me down (Sold down the river)