walking by Welsh Harbour Wall
Tankers, they fall off the end of the world
To chase an American dream
Sail upon a sea that'll never be green
But this morning isn't cold
And life's not as bad as it seems
where the crowds never stand
Past the pool halls and the terraces
I never could quite pass the test
from the breath of the porter
As he called out our names as we walked
Down the gangplank to the quay
There's a thousand people
waiting for everyone but me
to us it was merely a sea
You can be there for me baby every night
You can say that it's not true
I wanna make a play for you
Watched the swans on the Thames
as they sailed through the mud
Past the towers drowned in history
Past a million lonely bedsits
They never even make it to the sea
They never even make it to the sea