on the subject of songs about towns or areas it also falls short in comparison to Ring f Iron by graeme miles
It's all around the town
All around the town
It's all around the town
This hard ring of iron
There's smoke up in the sky
Smoke up in the sky
There's smoke that's black and chimney stacks
As far as the eye can see
There's shipyards to the north
Chemicals to the south
Factories, stills and rolling mills
Right down to the river's mouth
But there's fields and pastures green
Fields and pastures green
There's fields and pastures green
Outside this ring of iron
So it's out of town I'm bound
Out of town I'm bound
It's out of town I'm bound
And I'll break this ring of iron