This touching number about suicide is actually inspired by the crude rhyme Roll Me Over In The Clover. For a long time, “Clover Over Dover” also held the distinction of being the only song from Parklife to have never been played live.
However, on March 29, 2019, nearly 25 years since its release, t...
[Verse 1]
I'm on the white cliffs of Dover
Thinking it over and over
But if I jump, it's all over
A cautionary tale for you
[Interlude]
Ha-ah
Ha-ah
Ha-ah
Ha-ah
[Verse 2]
I'd like to roll in the clover
With you over and over
On the white cliffs of Dover
And then I'd let you push me over
[Chorus]
If that is the fact, then in actual fact
It's not where it's at, and it's over, oh-oh
If that is the fact, then in actual fact
I'm not where it's at, it's all over (Yes, it is)
[Interlude]
Ha-ah
Ha-ah
Ha-ah
Ha-ah
[Verse 3]
And now the bluebirds are over (I floated away)
Over the white cliffs of Dover (Spent twenty years upon the sea)
And when you push me over (And when I came back)
Don't bury me, I'm not worth anything (I found that you turned into me)
[Bridge]
La-la-la-la, la, la, la, la
La-la-la-la, la, la, la, la
[Chorus]
If that is the fact, then in actual fact
It's not where it's at, and it's over, oh-oh
If that is the fact, then in actual fact
I'm not where it's at, it's all over (Yes, it is)
[Outro]
Ha-ah
Ha-ah
Ha-ah
Ha-ah
Clover Over Dover was written by Damon Albarn & Dave Rowntree & Alex James & Graham Coxon.
Clover Over Dover was produced by Stephen Street.
Blur released Clover Over Dover on Mon Apr 25 1994.