Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Silvertown Blues, artist - Mark Knopfler. Date of issue: 31.12.1999
Song language: English
Silvertown Blues |
| On Silvertown Way, the cranes stand high |
| Quiet and gray against the still of the sky |
| They won’t quit and lay down though the action has died |
| They watch the new game in town on the Blackwall side |
| From the poisinous drains a vision appears |
| New circle of cranes, a new reason to be here |
| A big silver dome rising up into the dawn |
| Above the church and the homes were all the silver is gone |
| If I’d a bucket of gold, what would I do |
| I’d leave the story untold Silvertown blues |
| Going down Silvertown |
| Down in Silverdown |
| Going down Silvertown |
| Down in Silverdown |
| A silver dawn steals over the docks |
| A truck with no weels up on cinderblocks |
| Men with no dreams around a fire in a drum |
| Scrap metal schemes are rusted over and done |
| If I’d a bucket of gold, silver would do |
| I’d leave the story untold Silvertown blues |
| Going down Silvertown |
| Down in Silverdown |
| Going down Silvertown |
| Down in Silverdown |
| When you’re standing on thin and dangerous ice |
| You can knock and walk in for citizens' advice |
| They’ll tell you the where you can turn, where you can go There’s nothing they can tell me I don’t already know |
| If I’d a bucket of gold, silver would do |
| I’d leave the story untold Silvertown blues |
| Going down Silvertown |
| Down in Silverdown |
| Going down Silvertown |
| Down in Silverdown |
| From the Caning Town train I see a billboard high |
| There’s a big silverplane raising up into the sky |
| And I can make out the words 'seven flights every day' |
| Says six of those birds are bound for JFK |
| If I’d a bucket of gold, silver would do |
| I’d leave the story untold Silvertown blues |
| And I’m going down in Silvertown |
| Down in Silverdown |
| Going down Silvertown |
| Down in Silverdown |