Peggy's Song

[Verse]

You promised me, my Jackie

On the day that we got married

You'd build a boat of dreams for me someday

A vague romantic notion

That we'd sail off to some ocean

But in my dreams we'd get there one fine day

He hasn't been the same since the yard closed down

Like all the other men in this broken town

He'd end up by the river as his thoughts turned black

I said, "Pull yourself together pet, and come home, Jack."

Whenever we had sorrows

We'd always say tomorrow

We'd catch that ship of dreams and sail away

What happened to my Jackie?

That big bold man I married?

It's hard to watch your fellow waste away

He sits and stares at nothing

That chair's an upright coffin

The cat's got his tongue and there's nothing I can say

He's never been the same since the yard got closed

But he's dressed every morning in his working clothes

Cuppa tea and a sandwich from his old rucksack

But it never should've happened to a man like Jack

[Outro]

If I came into money

It'd be all for you, me honey

And we'd build that ship of dreams and sail away