[Verse 1]
In Germany before the war
There lived a man who owned a store
In 1934 in Düsseldorf
And every night at 5:09
He'd cross the field down to the Rhine
And sit there by the shore

[Chorus]
I'm looking at the river
But I'm thinking of the sea
I'm thinking of the sea
I'm thinking of the sea
I'm looking at the river
But I'm thinking of the sea

[Verse 2]
The little girl has lost her way
With hair of gold and eyes of gray
Reflected in his glasses as he watches her
The little girl who lost her way
With hair of gold and eyes of gray

[Chorus]
I'm looking at the river
But I'm thinking of the sea
I'm thinking of the sea
I'm thinking of the sea
I'm looking at the river
But I'm thinking of the sea
[Verse 3]
We lie beneath the autumn sky
My little golden girl and I
And she lies very still