Deeside Lyrics - Singles - The Alarm

Hey now! 

The iron gates clang in a steel mill town 

A man breaks down to that unemployment sound 

He takes a last walk down that old coast road 

In the dying death throes of all that he knows 

The sight of those men walking through the gates 

Was like a lame pit pony at the end of its days 

(Fire, Fire, Fire) 

In a Deeside town eight thousand went down 

In a February day in the driving rain 

No winners just losers and cuts and bruises 

As the picket lines fell, the industry died 

There's still one question after all this time 

Is a working man bom to live and then die? 

Fire Fire Fire. 

To build the ships to set the sails 

To cross the sea of fools 

To be dealt the cards 

To play our hand 

To win or else to lose 

In this cruel world that kicks a man when he's down 

(Down to the ground) 

(Hey now) 

And Lady Luck smiles on the few in this world 

And I hope and I pray that she smiles on you 

I ain't gonna preach, no I ain't gonna teach 

I 'm just gonna sing about the things that I need 

A little bit of love, a little bit of hope 

A little bit of strength, some fuel for the fire 

(Fire Fire Fire) 

To build the ships to set the sails 

To cross the sea of fools 

To be dealt the cards 

To play our hand 

To win or else to lose 

In this cruel world that kicks a man when he's down. 

(Down to the ground) 

A little bit of love, a little bit of hope 

A little bit of strength, some fuel for the fire 

(Fire Fire Fire) 

To build the ships to set the sails 

To cross the sea of fools 

To be dealt the cards 

To play our hand 

To win or else to lose 

In this cruel world that kicks a man when he's down. 

And all around the world the lights are going down.