Silvertown Blues

On Silvertown Way the cranes stand high Quiet and gray against the still of the sky They won't quit and lay down though the action has died They watch the new game in town on the Blackwall side From the poisonous drains a vision appears A new circle of cranes, a new reason to be here A big silver dome rising up into the dawn Above the church and the homes Where all the silver is gone, gone, gone If I'd a bucket of gold, what would I do? I'd leave the story untold Silvertown Blues Going down in Silvertown Down in Silvertown Going down in Silvertown Down in Silvertown A silver dawn steals over the docks A truck with no wheels up on cinderblocks Men with no dreams around a fire in a drum Scrap metal schemes rusted over and done If I had a bucket of gold, silver would do I'd leave the story untold Silvertown Blues And I'm going down in Silvertown Down in Silvertown Going down in Silvertown Down in Silvertown When you're standing on thin and dangerous ice You can knock and walk in for citizens' advice They'll tell you where you can turn, where you can go There's nothing they can tell me I don't already know If I had a bucket of gold, silver would I do I'd leave the story untold Silvertown Blues And I'm going down in Silvertown Down in Silvertown I'm going down in Silvertown Down in Silvertown From the Caning Town train I saw a billboard high There's a big silver plane rising up into the sky And I can make out the words 'seven flights every day' Says six of those birds are bound for J. F. K. If had a bucket of gold, silver would I do I'd leave the story untold Silvertown Blues (Silvertown blues) Yes I'm going down in Silvertown Down in Silvertown I'm going down in Silvertown Down in Silvertown Going down in Silvertown Down in Silvertown Going down in Silvertown Down in Silvertown Down in Silvertown Down in Silvertown Down in Silvertown