Swan Hunter

As a kid I'd see the ships Slowly taking shape Nightshift riveters and caulkers Keeping us awake My dad worked at Swan In the Neptune Yard Worked the slipways in all weather 7.30 start Call me up boy Sit you down by the fireside Spend some time All the pride boy And the tears Tears enough to fill the Tyne Gleaming vessels Filling up the sky Dwarfing rows of terraced houses Larger than life Tell me what do you do When what you did is gone No one throwing you a lifeline How do you carry on? (Call me up boy) Call me up (Sit you down) Sit you down! (By the fireside spend some time) Time And he said (All the pride boy) All the pride (And the tears) And the tears (Tears enough to fill the Tyne) The Tyne So much larger than life From father to son We carry it on It isn't going change the world It isn't going to change the past 'Cause some things are meant to last So much larger than life From father to son We carry it on Call me up boy Sit you down by the fireside Spend some time All the pride boy And the tears Tears enough to fill the Tyne Fill the Tyne! Fill the Tyne The Tyne