Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Down By The Dockyard, artist - David McWilliams. Album song Days At Dawn, in the genre Иностранный рок
Date of issue: 23.09.2002
Record label: Sanctuary Records Group
Song language: English
Down By The Dockyard |
down by the dockyard |
the water’s lie still |
the big cranes like tombstones surround her |
down by the dockyard |
the water’s 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 her song |
the cobble-stones echo the silence |
once she stood proud |
and she held her head high |
'til hate came to rule her |
and men told her lies |
and 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 |