[Verse 1] In Germany before the war There was a man who owned a store In nineteen hundred thirty-four, in Düsseldorf And every night at five-o-nine He'd cross the park down to the Rhine And he'd 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 looking at the river But I'm thinking of the sea [Verse 2] A little girl has lost her way With hair of gold and eyes of gray Reflected in his glasses as he watches her A little girl has 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 Thinking of the sea Thinking of the sea [Outro] We lie beneath the autumn sky My little golden girl and I And she lies very still