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Testo Big River - Jimmy Nail

Testo della canzone Big River (Jimmy Nail), tratta dall'album Big River

Walking on cobbled stones

Little bits of skin and bone

Jumping on a tram car for a ride

I can remember then

As I was just a boy of ten

Hanging around the old key side

Now all the capstans and the cargo boats

And stevedores are gone

To where all the old ships go

But memories just like the seas 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

For 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 a working man

He earned our living with his hands

He had to cross the river every day

He picked up a union card

Out of the Neptune yard

Mouths to feed and bills to pay

There came a time for him to sail

Across the seas and far away

Finally, when that war was won

You brought him home

And home he stayed

And when his days were done

Under a golden sun

You took him back to where he longed to be

Back to the sea

For 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

That's not now

The Neptune was the last to go

I heard it on my 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

And try to hold on to what we had

We build them strong

We built to last

'Cause this is a mighty town

Built upon a solid ground

And everything they've tried so hard to kill

We will rebuild

For this was a big river

I want you all to know

I'm so very proud

This was a big river

But that was long ago

That's not now

And 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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Writer(s): Jimmy Nail
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