Lightning Seeds Tales Of The Riverbank lyrics

Tales Of The Riverbank by Lightning Seeds

Tales Of The Riverbank lyrics

Fourteen hours of working shifts 
In early morning Mersey mists 
Too tired to taste the cornflakes on your tongue 

As morning hits the docks 
You dream of all the ships there must have been 
I river full of everything that it's not 
And if your life's not meant to feel like this 
Maybe it's time for someone to resist 

The riverbank could tell you tales 
Of working lives, ship with sails 
Jobs were passed from fathers to their sons 
Sometimes it comes down to you 
The many to protect the few 
Unless you cross the line your jobs are gone 

If it takes a thousand days we'll never stop 
Tel it a thousand ways you'll still be wrong 

Not a word in the morning paper 
Feels like we've been out for ages 
Maybe unions and players won't save us 
But there's nothing on earth can break us 

The strength to load a thousand ships 
But willing hands can turn to fists 
On picket lines emotions feelings overflow 
A decent job for decent pay 
To fight if thats the only way 
The union says well tough your on your own 

If it takes a thousand days we'll never stop 
Tell it a thousand ways you'll still be wrong 

Not a word in the morning papers 
Feels like we've been out for ages 
The unions and prayers won't save us 
There's nothing on earth can break us