When you're livin' in a town like this It's easy to sit back and just forget That the world keeps on spinnin' round and round Round and round, round and round The beast is bitter, sink its teeth in deep She'll bite you while you're dreamin', send you off to your sleep And you carry, you carry on down, on down, on down Down that river deep When you're sittin' in the city large Just laid back lazy starring to the stars You're still just laying right where you are, Where you are, where you are The beast is bitter, sink its teeth in deep She'll bite you while you're dreamin' send you off to your sleep And you carry, you carry on down, on down, on down Down that river deep You're sittin' in a hole just a-wonderin' why Stagnation's singin' to you like a lullaby But 'til you move boy there you are There you are, there you are The beast is bitter, sink its teeth in deep She'll bite you while you're dreamin' send you off to your sleep And you carry, you carry on down, on down, on down Down that river deep