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Walking on cobbled stones, little bits of skin and bone
Jumping on a tram car for a ride I can remember when, I was a just a boy of ten Hanging around the old Quayside. Now all the capstans and the cargo boats And Stevadores are gone To where all the old ships go But memories, just like the sea live on 'Cause that was when coal was King The river was a living thing And I was just a boy but it was mine The coaly Tyne. This was a big river I want you all to know That I was proud This was a big river But that was long ago That's not now, that's not now My father was working man He earned our living with his hands He had to cross the river every day He picked up his Union card, out of the Neptune yard Mouths to feed and bills to pay There came a time for him to sail across the sea and far away And finally when the war was won They brought him home and home he stayed And when his days were done Under a golden sun They took him back to where he longed to be Back to the sea This was a big river I want you all to know That I was proud This was a big river But that was long ago That's not now, that's not now. The Neptune was the last to go I heard it on the radio And then they played the latest number one But what do they do all day And what are they supposed to say What does a father tell his son? If you believe that there's a bond between our future and our past Try to hold on to what we have We build them strong, we built to last 'Cause this is a mighty town Build upon solid ground And everything they've tried so hard to kill We will rebuild. This is a big river I want you all to know I'm so very proud This is a big river But that was long ago That's not now This is a big, big river And in my heart I know it will rise again The river will rise again. |
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words and music by Peter Lee Stirling
when the night is cold and my arms want something to hold, I think of you when the rain falling I hear you calling to me, I think of you I think of you every minute, I lie awake each lonely night I think of you yeah that day you walked away, and out of my sight but now my arms just long to hold you like they used to do before but I'm a broken man now you don't love me no more when the night is cold and my arms want someone to hold, I think of you when the rain is falling I hear you calling to me, I think of you I think of you |
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words and music by Jimmy Nail
my arms are just as strong as his arms but my arms had to let you go you walked straight into his arms hadn't I the right? hadn't I the right to know? my heart is really such a big heart with big love and room enough to grow so my heart was summarily ripped apart but I hadn't I the right? hadn't I the right to know? I want to tell everybody all around the world to stay away from you 'cause you're a wicked girl but no can do I'm still in love with you 'cause in a world gone crazy where nothing rhymes the breaking of a heart is just a small-beer crime even so, I think I had a right to know one day when all of this is far away I'll say "that's the way it goes" until then let me remember when I held you oh, so tight, I think I had a right to know I want to tell everybody all around the world to stay away from you 'cause you're a bad bad girl but you know me, too much decency 'cause in a world gone crazy where nothing rhymes and breaking someone's heart is just a small-beer crime even so, I think I had a right to know |
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words and music by John Lennon
love is real, real is love love is feeling, feeling love love is wanting, to be loved love is touch, touch is love love is reaching, reaching love love is asking, to be loved love is you, you and me love is knowing, we can be love is free, free is love love is living, living love love is needing, to be loved |
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words by Jimmy Nail
music by Jimmy Nail/Andy Caine/Danny Schogger on a day like today I could blow my cares away not a sign of a cloud to make me blue but then you said goodbye, took the sun out of my sky when you told me that you and me were through catch a falling star, fall down from above put it where you are, wrap it up in love on a day like today I could blow my cares away not a sign of a cloud above my head but then you said goodbye, took the sun out of my sky when you told me of something that you'd said take me as I am, it's all I have to give give you all I have, for all the days I live on a day like today, I could blow my cares away not a sign of a cloud to make me sad but then you said goodbye, took the sun out of my sky when you walked away from something that we had |
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if I could turn back the hands of time
if I could turn back the clock I wouldn't be in the place I'm in I wouldn't be in the dock where's your friends when you need them most probably hidin' under a rock if I could undo the things I did if I could turn back the clock it started out like any other day lazin' around with nothing to do my mind started wondering onto criminal things and how to make a dollar or two I called the guys on my telling phone and told them of my little scheme we drank some beer, we ate some pills, I shared with them my dream I can't recall exactly how I got to where I shouldn't have been ]my head seemed filled with hombre stuff I fealt like I was on the screen I drank more beer, I ate more pills gained myself a spinning head I raised a gun, I killed a man I'm told it was for something he said it's been a year since I said a prayer but God Almighty, if your listening up there if I could turn back the hands of time if I could turn back the clock I wouldn't be in this cell right now I wouldn't be in the dock where's your friends when you need them most probably hidin' under a rock if I could undo the things I did if I could turn back the clock misters life and death drone on in their salutary tones while I stand in that wooden dock all sober and alone the papers say it's such a crime what's been dished to me and people who I do not know are banging on for clemency now I have the best of cells with ladies on my walls when I'm moved they holler "dead man walking" the words echo around the halls I ponder on where my soul is bound as I stare up at the moon above the clouds, beneath the ground I'm gonna find out real soon strap me in to the killing chair give me the volts, straighten out my hair it's been a year since I said a prayer but God Almighty, if your listening up there if I could turn back the hands of time if I could turn back the clock I wouldn't be in this place right now I wouldn't be in the dock where's your friends when you need them most probably hidin' under a rock if I could undo all the things I did if I could turn back the clock |
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Since youv'e been gone I've lived my life
In dreams of used to be And I wonder if I'll ever love again? I don't know I'm gonna lock my heart today And throw away the key And I wonder if I'll ever love again? I wonder if I will ever love this way again Walking a straight line through the sunshine and the rain Makin' a vow and seein' it through Doing the things that lovers do I wonder if I will ever love this way again I take your picture from my wall And gently lay it down Oh, and I wonder if I'll ever ease this pain, I don't know Now as the rain begins to fall And there's darkness all around That's when I wonder if I'll ever love again I wonder if I will ever love this way again I can survive by staying alive every now and then But that's not the way that I want it to be I want it back the way it was with you and me I wonder if I will ever love this way again Instrumental solo I wonder if I will ever love this way again I'm willing to try but I don't know that I can stand The hurt and the pain But just as I am sure that there's a heaven above I know there can be no life if there is no love I wonder if I will ever love this way again |
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