Summoned By Bells

[Verse 1]

Took a little time

To find the past

To walk the roads

We used to know

That lead us home

Houses in terraced rows

That crowd around

The railway yard

Just sidings now

All overgrown

Above the high fields (Ta, ta, ta, ta)

Clouds are grey and gold (Ta, ta, ta, ta)

It's as good a place as anywhere

[Verse 2]

War came

And fires were seen

From 30 miles away

A city burned

They wait in line

Out in the high fields (Ta, ta, ta, ta)

Summoned by bells (Ta, ta, ta, ta)

Church, school, factory, home

[Verse 3]

Along the London Road

Across the park at Spinney Hill

Sledging in the snow

We had our scrapes and our fights

It was part of the deal

Time moved quickly then

Things were changing all around

The world came to this small world

Over the hillsides and rooftops

Different stories were heard

[Chorus]

We moved on, found a new place

Oh, we remembered the days of our younger lives

Yeah, we moved on

[Post-Chorus]

Long years pass, we walk the roads

The roads that we used to know, oh

Carried with the rain that falls

[Verse 4]

Na, na, na; na-na-na-na, na-na-na

Na, na, na; na-na-na-na, na-na-na

Na, na, na; na-na-na-na, na-na-na

Na, na, na; na-na-na-na, na-na-na

A stone's throw from the line (Na, na, na; na-na-na-na, na-na-na)

Some of the old places survive (Na, na, na; na-na-na-na, na-na-na)

A golden thread (Na, na, na; na-na-na-na, na-na-na)

In time (Na, na, na; na-na-na-na, na-na-na)

A stream running down from the hills (Na, na, na; na-na-na-na, na-na-na)

Into the heart of the high fields (Na, na, na; na-na-na-na, na-na-na)

[Chorus]

So come on now

You know it's alright

Oh, those were the days of our younger lives

Come on now (Oh-oh, oh)

Come on now (Oh-oh, oh)

Come on now

[Post-Chorus]

Early evening, midweek in a market town

Oh, walking down those same old roads, we know!

We know, oh

Walking down those same old roads, we know

[Instrumental Outro]