Industrial Child - Jack Bruce

Tell you a story of grief and grime

‘bout a time left behind

So many people without a chance

Lost their place in the dance

Big ships stopped berthing

They’re lost in the Clyde

All denied

Hear the tears

City still smokes with fear

Ghostly kids every year

I’ll tell you a story ‘bout coal and steel

So real

Hope keeps on losing

The money that’s running the town

Coming down

Lights keep on hiding their eyes

There’s no room for surprise

I’ll tell you a story could wake the streets

From sleep

They closed down the stations

For whole generations of trains

In the grey rain

I’ll tell you a story I can’t forget

Tell you of faces that I remember yet