
Date of issue: 17.09.1995
Record label: Chrysalis
Song language: English
Edinburgh Castle |
I woke up in the morning |
Seven twenty-four |
Drank a cup of coffee |
Stepped out the door |
I said Goodbye |
To my old best friend |
I took a ride |
To the old West End |
I walked along Princes Street |
My feet were hurting bad |
As I squirmed inside my shoes |
I was thinking about my dad |
There was the bones of a song |
Beatin' around my head |
Unless I remember it wrong |
This is what it said: |
Edinburgh Castle hugging the sky |
Cold grey stone, humourless and dry |
Sitting like a cork on top of the town |
One of these days I’m gonna blow you down |
I jumped on a bus |
A trusty number 23 |
To the Royal Botanical Gardens |
Where a ghost was calling me |
I saw a brace of weeping willows |
A burnt and withered land |
I saw a man and a little boy |
Holding hands |
I scanned the skyline |
It was like the backdrop of a play |
I never saw your heartless beauty |
Until I’d been away |
As I was climbing up The mound |
It struck me like a chime |
I must have dreamed this scene |
About a thousand times ! |
Edinburgh Castle hugging the sky |
Cold grey stone, humourless and dry |
Sitting like a cork on top of the town |
One of these days I’m gonna blow you down |
I found myself on Forrest Road |
Feeling pretty sore |
This city once was mine |
But it ain’t mine anymore |
And here’s my old school, «Jingling Geordie’s» |
And I must confess |
I couldn’t step through that gate |
Until I’m better dressed |
Back at Waverly Station |
Half dead on my feet |
I got on board the four forty-four |
Promptly fell asleep |
I woke up in Queen Street |
At my journey’s end |
I’ve got to say it’s totally great |
To be back in Glasgow again ! |
Edinburgh Castle hugging the sky |
Cold grey stone, humourless and dry |
Sitting like a cork on top of my town |
One of these days I’m gonna blow you down |
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Long Way To The Light | 1995 |
Wonderful Disguise (Reprise) | 1995 |
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I Know She's In The Building | 1995 |
Strawberry Man | 1997 |
Personal | 1997 |
Rare, Precious And Gone | 1997 |
Sunrising | 1997 |
Questions | 1997 |
Everlasting Arms | 1997 |
My Dark Side | 1997 |
What Do You Want Me To Do | 1998 |