Billy Bragg - Northern Industrial Town Lyrics
Its just a northern industrial townThe front doors of the houses open into the streetTheres no room for front gardens, just two-up two-downIn a northern industrial townAnd you can see the green hills cross the rooftopsAnd a fresher wind blows past the end of our blockIn the evenings the mist come rolling on downInto a northern industrial townAnd theres only two teams in this townAnd you must follow one or the otherLet us win, let them lose, not the other way roundIn a northern industrial townAnd the street lights look pretty and brightFrom the tops of the hills they rise dark in the nightIf it werent for the rain you might never come downTo your northern industrial townAnd on payday they tear the place downWith a pint in your hand and a bashem out bandSure theyd dance to the rhythm of the rain falling downIn a northern industrial townAnd theres plenty of artists aroundPainters steal cars, poets nick guitarsCos were out of the black and into the redSo give us this day our daily breadIn a northern industrial townBut its not leeds or manchesterLiverpool, sheffield, nor glasgowIts not newcastle-on-tyne. its belfastIts just a northern industrial townMerry christmas, war is overIn a northern industrial town
