Lyrics Exile On Princes Street - Marillion

Exile On Princes Street - Marillion
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Date of issue: 21.06.1987
Song language: English

Exile On Princes Street

I saw a blue umbrella in Princes Street Garden
Heading out west for the Lothian Road
An evening news stuffed deep in the pocket
Little did I know that even a heavy load
I found us walking Grierson’s dockyards
Where the only thing working was foreign film crews
Making an impressive documentary
For the big news
To the satellite
And all we’re left with is the black black oil
With a sense of pride and identity
The waters left behind we shouldn’t forget
Laid low in the books of history
I saw the starlings wheel round Georgian spires
Gathering on patrol in the skies
In the distance burns the flame of Grangemouth
And the dream is lost
Everything what it could inspire
From the take you know there is no distance
How we talk about in the secret affairs
Taking our ride into the distance
To be what it was or could have been
What I should have said
And all we’re left with is the black black oil
With a strong sense of national pride
'Till we take some more steps to unity
Take it back to me Take it back
In a city run out of luck
And all we’re left with is the black, black oil
With a strong sense of national pride
Calling the … for identity
What it meant to me, what I said
What we could have had
I saw a blue umbrella in Princes Street Garden
Heading out west for the Lothian Road
An evening news stuck deep in the pocket
Little did I know that he’d fall
Carrying a heavy load
And all we’re left with is the black black oil
With a strong sense of national pride
Calling a name in the sake of unity
What it means to me you’ll never know
You’ll never

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Artist lyrics: Marillion