Silvertown Blues
(专辑: Sailing To Philadelphia - 2000)
On Silvertown way, the
cranes stand high Quiet and gray against the
still of the
sky They won't quit and lay down though the
action has died They watch the
new game in town on the
Blackwall side From the
poisonous drains a
vision appears A
new circle of cranes, a
new reason to be here A
big silver dome rising up into the
dawn Above the
church and the
homes where all the
silver is gone If I'd a
bucket of gold, what would I
do I'd leave the
story untold Silvertown blues Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown A
silver dawn steals over the
docks A
truck with no wheels up on cinderblocks Men with no dreams around the
fire in a
drum Scrap metal schemes rusted over and done If I'd a
bucket of gold, silver would do I'd leave the
story untold Silvertown blues And I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown Going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown When you're standing on thin and dangerous ice You can knock and walk in for citizens' advice They'll tell you where you can turn, where you can go There's nothing they can tell me I
don't already know If I'd a
bucket of gold, silver would do Leave the
story untold Silvertown blues And I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown From the
Canning Town train I
saw a
billboard high There's a
big silver plane rising up into the
sky I
can make out the
words seven flights every day Says six of those birds are bound for JFK If I'd a
bucket of gold, silver would do Leave the
story untold Silvertown blues And I'm going down Silvertown, down in Silvertown I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown Going down Silvertown, down in Silvertown I'm going down in Silvertown, down in Silvertown Down in Silvertown