He met with the world as a Dalkeith boy,
Raised from a shaft at Monktonhall
In a well oiled cage,
GThat locked away his dreams.
DAn '85 veteran facefrom the gallery,
A ghost from the civil war in the family,
CHe stood his ground on the picketline.
'Til all that he was left with,
DWere his father's cough
And his mother's eyes.
That would hold a tear
For the very first time,
C GWhen the government took his job away.
Now fist in hand he'll stand in line.
Declare his name and mark his time.
To some the only proof that they're alive.
He could have been you. _|
He could have been me. |
Eb x 2He could have been anybody |
But he was born lucky. _|
F
He mad his first downpayment,
On a sharp Italian suit.
Eb BbHe sewed razor blades into the lapels,
FSee him sweating on the dancefloor.
Coal dust oozing out of every pore.
EbA hard man with a hard life,
And that's a story that he'll tell you,
FDown at Easter Road till his throat is raw.
On a Saturday, he knows the score,
EbTill the whistle blows and,
BbThe tempers with their colours fade away.
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On the helipads at Aberdeen
Bound for platforms drilling oil rich seas,
CWhere the trawlers are getting fewer
Every year.
DBy the furnaces at Ravenscraig,
By the padlocks holding John Brown's gates,
C GIn the desert, in the fields of South Armagh,
DWhere the poppies grow,
Behind the Hampden roar,
Behind the drums in Genoa.
C GOn the deck that rides a south Atlantic swell,
DBorn to fight out of the tightest corner.
You can bet on him with the odds against you,
CThey'll not put him down
No matter how hard they try.
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Repeat
F Eb Bb
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