Tales Of The Riverbank Lyrics - Lightning Seeds

Fourteen hours of working shifts 

In early morning Mersey mists 

Too tired to taste the cornflakes on your tongue 

As morning hits the docks 

You dream of all the ships there must have been 

I river full of everything that it's not 

And if your life's not meant to feel like this 

Maybe it's time for someone to resist 

The riverbank could tell you tales 

Of working lives, ship with sails 

Jobs were passed from fathers to their sons 

Sometimes it comes down to you 

The many to protect the few 

Unless you cross the line your jobs are gone 

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If it takes a thousand days we'll never stop 

Tel it a thousand ways you'll still be wrong 

Not a word in the morning paper 

Feels like we've been out for ages 

Maybe unions and players won't save us 

But there's nothing on earth can break us 

The strength to load a thousand ships 

But willing hands can turn to fists 

On picket lines emotions feelings overflow 

A decent job for decent pay 

To fight if thats the only way 

The union says well tough your on your own 

If it takes a thousand days we'll never stop 

Tell it a thousand ways you'll still be wrong 

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Not a word in the morning papers 

Feels like we've been out for ages 

The unions and prayers won't save us 

There's nothing on earth can break us