Lyric question in Ozone Baby

[dpat]

For a stanza in "Ozone Baby," most websites copy-and-paste the following:

I could sail on the river run dead, but I know that it's done

I could wish for a million days, but I know I'm young

I could cry within the darkness or sail away

I could save a lifetime forever

but ya know, ya know, ya know what I say

I (think I) hear:

I could sail on the riverfront, yeah, but I know that it's done/(dirt?)

-- or, "I could sail on the river 'til I'm dead, but I know when it's done"

I could wish for a million years, but I know about you

I could cry within the darkness and sail away

I could sail a lifetime forever

but ya know, ya know, ya know what I say

Any thoughts? ... and don't get me started regarding "The Ocean"!! (ha!).

[TheZeppyWanderer]

this is what I hear .... (I think !)

" I could sail on a river ________ , but I know that its done,

I could wish for a million years , but I know I'm young,

I could cry in the darkness , or sail away,

I could sail a lifetime forever,

but ya know, ya know, ya know what I say "

sorry about the _______ - I've got 2 or 3 ideas, and they could still all be wrong.