Tonart: D minor•
Verse 1
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Billy was born within
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sight of the shipyard
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First son of a riveter's son
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And Billy was raised as the
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ship grew a shadow
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Her great hull would blot out the
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light of the sun
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Verse 2
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And six days a week he would
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watch his poor father
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A working man live like a slave
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He'd drink every night and
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he'd dream of a future
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Of money he never would save
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And Billy would cry when
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he thought of the future
Verse 3
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Soon came a day when the
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bottle was broken
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They launched a great ship out to sea
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He felt he'd been left on
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a des olate shore
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To a future he desperately
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wanted to flee
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What else was there for a riveter's son
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A new ship to be built,
new work to be done
Verse 4
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One day he dreamed
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of the ship in the world
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It would carry his father and he
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To a place they would never be found
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To a place far away from this town.
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Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Trapped in the cage of the skeleton ship
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pended like flies
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Caught in the flare of acetylene light
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A working man works
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till the industry dies
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And Billy would cry when he
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thought of the future
Verse 6
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industrial accident
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Crushed those it couldn't
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forgive
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They brought Billy's father
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back home in an ambulance
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A brass watch, a cheque,
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maybe three weeks to live,
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And what else was there
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A new ship to be built,
new work to be done
Verse 7
the ship in the world
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It would carry his father and he
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To a place they could never be found
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To a place far away from this town,
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A Newcastle ship without coals
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They would sail to the island of souls.
Outro 1
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