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