Manchester - Brendan James

Plains and painted trees, the long south willow street

The raging river turning

Feelings never change and the names remain the same

As children go on learning

Like all the town she fights, she prays she’ll do it right

With nature’s sounds to guide her safely through the night

All of Manchester together to carry the weight that is life

That has changed overnight

Let the good lend their hands as the old teach the young

This is all of Manchester together to carry us on

The shades of red and white in the blinking of an eye

The blue’s not far behind

Free to live for the price of a cold November night

A chill that never dies

Like all the town she fights, she prays she’ll do it right

With nature’s sounds to guide her safely through the night

All of Manchester together to carry the weight that is life

That has changed overnight

Let the good lend their hands as the old teach the young

This is all of Manchester together to carry us on

Now Father Roger speaks

He brings us to our knees, it’s beautiful

All of Manchester together to carry the weight that is life

That has changed overnight

Let the good lend their hands as the old teach the young

This is all of Manchester together to carry us on, to carry us on

So let the good lend their hands as the old teach the young

This is all of Manchester together to carry us on