Single Father

If we should meet in Glasgow, By chance on a rainy day, Let's sit and drink in a damn good bar, Till evening comes out to play. And there are things I don't want to talk about, Things I don't want to say, Twisted spires and lonely byres, And fishing boats in winter spray Winter spray. I was a single father, Those were real harsh times, I remember losing my baby every time I hear the church bell chime. I was a single father, But I just can't complain. Got a heart full of headstones as I step down As I step down From the train From the train We walked down a leafy ravine, To a cloud of dragonflies, You pointed your finger in water, At the colours in the sky. You sat in your chair on the beach, I waved to you from the sea, You saw the wave and smile, You were already lost to me Lost to me. I was a single father, Those were real harsh times, I remember losing my baby every time I hear a church bell chime. I was a single father, But I just can't complain. Got a heart full of headstones as I step down As I step down From the train From the train. Now my son's in the English army, He plays the guitar well, I almost never see him, I walk alone on a distant fell. Now half the world is working, Half is watching TV, Some take smack and fall right back, It's all the same to me, Same to me. I was a single father, Those were real harsh times, I remember losing my baby every time I hear a church bell chime. I was a single father, But I just can't complain. Got a heart full of headstones as I step down As I step down As I step down From the train From the train