Silvertown Blues lyrics by Mark Knopfler
Silvertown Blues - Mark KnopflerOn 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
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�d 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 noting they can tell me I don�t already know
If I�d 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
From the Caning Town train I see 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 I�d 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
