Silvertone Blues

On silvertown way, the cranes stand high Quiet and gray against the still of the sky They wont quit and lay down though the action has died They watch the new game in town on the blackwall side From the poisinous drains a vision appears New circle of cranes, a new reason to be here A big silver dome rising up into the dawn Above the church and the homes were all the silver is gone If Id a bucket of gold, what would I do Id leave the story untold silvertown blues Going down silvertown Down in silverdown Going down silvertown Down in silverdown A silver dawn steals over the docks A truck with no weels up on cinderblocks Men with no dreams around a fire in a drum Scrap metal schemes are rusted over and done If Id a bucket of gold, silver would do Id leave the story untold silvertown blues Going down silvertown Down in silverdown Going down silvertown Down in silverdown When youre standing on thin and dangerous ice You can knock and walk in for citizens advice Theyll tell you the where you can turn, where you can go Theres nothing they can tell me I dont already know If Id a bucket of gold, silver would do Id leave the story untold silvertown blues Going down silvertown Down in silverdown Going down silvertown Down in silverdown From the caning town train I see a billboard high Theres a big silverplane raising up into the sky And I can make out the words seven flights every day Says six of those birds are bound for jfk If Id a bucket of gold, silver would do Id leave the story untold silvertown blues And Im going down in silvertown Down in silverdown Going down silvertown Down in silverdown