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10 May 03 - 06:51 AM (#949819) Subject: Lyr Add: Far Down the Line From: Reeltime I learnt this song a few years back, just after I moved to England from North-East Scotland, I'm back again in Edinburgh, but this song still reminds me of my time away, and no I didn't "make my money" in England, I'm still skint! FAR DOWN THE LINE Nick Keir You'll drink a last pint up in Leslie's on the way They say the beer will taste more bitter from today You'll take a long look at the skyline from the bridge And watch the morning sun explore the Old Town's ridge You've heard it all, you've said it all, it's time to go You'll find a better life in England, sure you know You had to smile when old friends sadly shook their heads Come on, it's no the moon I'm going to, you said Now you're waiting on the London train And it won't be long before you leave it all behind There's no pipe band playing Will Ye No Come Back Again Far down the line, far down the line It's no for long, you'll make your money and return But in the morning light you watch the Tweed bridge burn You dream the South will bring you all the things you lack And you can scarcely hear the land that calls you back And when the team in blue run out you'll raise a cheer You can sing The Flower of Scotland once a year Though you promised that you'd always keep in touch But you were never one for letters very much And will you hang around the pubs of Camden Town Will you let them call you Jock, the tartan clown When you're drunk at Hogmanay will you believe That you still mourn the land you were so keen to leave And there are thousands, many thousands of your kind Perth and Stornoway and Kirkwall left behind When they ask you why you took the long road south You'll say you had no choice, there's no one left there now Repeat 1 (as sung by The McCalmans) |