Adele – River Lea Song Lyrics

About Adele: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE born 5 May 1988 is an English singer-songwriter. After graduating from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a recording contract with XL Recordings. In 2007, she received the Brit Awards Critics’ Choice Award and won the BBC Sound of 2008 poll. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to commercial and critical success. It is certified eight times platinum in the UK, and three times platinum in the US. The album contains her first song, “Hometown Glory”, written when she was 16, which is based on her home suburb of West Norwood in London. An appearance she made on Saturday Night Live in late 2008 boosted her career in the US. At the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009, Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

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Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
Everybody tells me it’s ’bout time that I moved on
And I need to learn to lighten up and learn how to be young
But my heart is a valley, it’s so shallow and man made
I’m scared to death if I let you in that you’ll see I’m just a fake
Sometimes I feel lonely in the arms of your touch
But I know that’s just me cause nothing ever is enough
When I was a child I grew up by the River Lea
There was something in the water, now that something’s in me
Oh I can’t go back, but the reeds are growing out of my fingertips
I can’t go back to the river [Pre-Chorus]
But it’s in my roots, it’s in my veins
It’s in my blood and I stain every heart that I use to heal the pain
But it’s in my roots, it’s in my veins
It’s in my blood and I stain every heart that I use to heal the pain  [Chorus]
So I blame it on the River Lea, the River Lea, the River Lea
Yeah I blame it on the River Lea, the River Lea, the River Lea  [Verse 2]
I should probably tell you now before it’s way too late
That I never meant to hurt you or lie straight to your face
Consider this my apology, I know it’s years in advance
But I’d rather say it now in case I never get the chance
No I can’t go back, but the reeds are growing out of my fingertips
I can’t go back to the river [Pre-Chorus]
But it’s in my roots, it’s in my veins
It’s in my blood and I stain every heart that I use to heal the pain
It’s in my roots, it’s in my veins
It’s in my blood and I stain every heart that I use to heal the pain [Chorus]
So I blame it on the River Lea, the River Lea, the River Lea
Yeah I blame it on the River Lea, the River Lea, the River Lea
So I blame it on the River Lea, the River Lea, the River Lea
Yeah I blame it on the River Lea, the River Lea, the River Lea  [Outro]
River Lea, River Lea
River Lea, River Lea
River Lea, River Lea
River Lea, River Lea
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