The Permanent Way

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

The farmer working in the fields before the sunrise

The inland navigators heading for the far skies

Up on the hills amid the silence of the high moors

Down in the valleys, by the rivers and the dry stone walls

(spoken)

"Up here somewhere is where the colliers and cargo boats would run [?].  The rattle of cranes, the noise of shouting, goods trains puffing with heavy loads of coal for Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall..."

[Chorus]

That is where you will find them

Out there, working by the hedgerows

In the rain and the snowfall, you'll find them

Out there, high against the skyline

In the mines and the headings, you'll find them

Down there, dreaming of the daylight

[Verse 2]

The line will hold the mark of man upon the land

The inland navigators reaching for the far skies

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

(spoken)

"That's what it's like now. Your hopes of dying, they flow like driftwood down the Tyne, out, out, into the open sea [?]"

[Instrumental Outro]