Albion & Phoenix

Wretched and half broken

Making our way home

Dawns' light embraces

Thaws the chill out of our bones

This is where we met

Those many years before

Between the Albion and Queens Park

Diesel and folk law

So we stop to catch a breath

Been smoking far too long

Then turn towards the city

As it starts its morning song

Down there was a free state

Where the black top court now lies

You said "I painted houses there

With the sun the moon and skies"

Albion and Phoenix

Reflected in your eyes

Do we write our names in the dust

Or beat the flames and fly

The brewery was empty

When we drove the vehicles on

The electric was still working

And the phone lines all plugged in

I called family in Australie

I'd never heard before

Got the gas connected

And learned some property law

Albion and Phoenix

Reflected in your eyes

Do we write our names in the dust

Or beat the flames and fly

Albion and Phoenix

Reflected in your eyes

Do we write our names in the dust

Or beat the flames and fly

The Beanfield was over

Orgreave's damage done

The polling stations empty

As the new age had begun

We took the copper pipes off

Weighted-in the lead from the roof

The place was called the Phoenix

And that's the honest truth

Now the sun is fast ascending

We turn to walk again

Nostalgia is a calming drug

It's beginning is our end

We'd leave this all behind us

Tall tales told for friends

Were the country not in meltdown

And our hearts all broke again

Albion and Phoenix

Reflected in your eyes

Do we write our names in the dust

Or beat the flames and fly

Albion and Phoenix

Reflected in your eyes

Do we write our names in the dust

Or beat the flames and fly