Down By The Dockyard
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Down by the dockyard
The waters lie still
The big cranes like tombstones surround her
Down by the dockyard
The waters lie still
Dead as the city that bounds her
The old woman wrapped in her long faded shawl
In the doorway she waits for tomorrow
Once there was laughter behind her old walls
Now just the grey face of sorrow
The houses are empty, the neighbours all gone
The stones are still standing but they're standing alone
As the boat bound for Liverpool sings out her song
The cobblestones echo silence
Down by the dockyard
The waters lie still
The big cranes like tombstones surround her
Down by the dockyard
The waters lie still
Dead as the city that bounds her
Once she stood proud and she held her head high
Her mills and her factories growing
Till hate came to rule her and men told her lies
Father fought son never knowing
The gun became master and prejudice ruled
A home made for madmen, a haven for fools
Still she's built her own wasteland
In her churches and schools
Dead as the children she's buried