Spirit Of '76-The Alarm

[ti:Spirit Of '76] [ar:The Alarm] [al:Standards] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Spirit Of '76 - The Alarm [00:35.35]Well I find myself in reverie [00:37.68] [00:39.27]'Bout what we might have had [00:41.35]And what might have been [00:42.87] [00:44.05]We had something going once [00:45.92] [00:46.66]That was such a long [00:48.19]Long time ago [00:49.40] [00:51.22]It was way back in '76 [00:53.86] [00:55.36]Our friendship formed [00:57.01] [00:57.62]Of pure innocence [00:58.78] [00:59.76]We first met in Mathew Street [01:01.75] [01:02.64]Where we heard something that would set us free [01:05.61] [01:08.36]A sign stands over a door it says [01:11.55]Four lads who shook the world [01:13.56] [01:16.17]In the depths of those heady nights [01:18.81] [01:20.12]We would dream [01:21.24]Of those bright lights [01:23.95]Oh my friend [01:25.04]Oh my friend [01:25.83]Oh my friend [01:27.22] [02:04.23]And my friend John he went away [02:06.32] [02:07.81]And he made some mistakes [02:09.61]Spent time in Walton jail [02:11.23] [02:12.21]And now when I see him we still talk [02:14.30] [02:15.14]But there's no light shining in his eyes [02:18.46] [02:19.94]And Susie she was seventeen [02:22.08] [02:23.36]And more beauty in this world [02:25.30]I swear you'll never see [02:27.11] [02:27.63]I was gonna be king [02:28.81] [02:29.48]And she was gonna be queen [02:30.85] [02:31.53]But now all she does is [02:33.47]Hide behind the tears [02:35.46] [02:36.29]If there was more sense in this world [02:39.46]And work wasn't so hard to find [02:42.14] [02:44.27]You would not be going your way [02:46.85] [02:47.83]I would not be going mine [02:51.76]Oh my friend [02:52.70]Oh my friend [02:53.59]Oh my friend [02:55.08] [02:55.71]Somewhere tonight out on the street [02:59.01] [02:59.51]Somewhere beneath this city's heat [03:03.25]In the eyes of strangers who pass me by [03:06.03] [03:07.13]Our life is cruel [03:08.00] [03:08.51]And so unkind [03:11.19]Oh oh [03:12.48]The spirit of '76 [03:14.72] [03:35.98]And Pete has seen his dreams come true [03:38.02] [03:39.36]But that don't make him no hero [03:41.41]He's just one of the lucky few [03:43.10] [03:43.61]If a man can't change the world these days [03:45.79] [03:46.52]I still believe a man can change his own destiny [03:50.50] [03:51.07]But the price is high [03:53.00]That has got to be paid [03:54.38] [03:54.89]For everyone who survives [03:56.23] [03:56.87]There are many who fail [03:58.76]I've seen my friends caught out [04:00.68]In that [04:01.11] [04:01.73]Crossfire [04:02.75]All their dreams and hopes smashed [04:04.54] [04:05.05]On the funeral pyre [04:07.00] [04:07.61]I will never give in [04:10.13] [04:10.96]Until the day I die [04:13.67] [04:15.25]I get myself [04:15.97] [04:16.75]Some independence [04:17.98] [04:19.17]Carve out a future with my two bare hands [04:22.49] [04:23.03]Oh my friend [04:24.15]Oh my friend [04:25.04]Oh my friend [04:26.51] [04:27.09]Somewhere tonight out on the street [04:31.02]Somewhere beneath this city's heat [04:34.60]In the eyes of strangers [04:36.14]Who pass me by [04:37.60] [04:38.61]Our life is cruel [04:39.48] [04:40.06]And so unkind [04:42.16] [04:42.68]Oh oh [04:43.47] [04:44.04]The spirit of '76 [04:46.23] [04:56.37]Mersey lights [04:57.53] [04:58.36]Shine in the distance [04:59.95] [05:00.60]Same as they did for us then [05:02.88] [05:05.19]Mersey lights shine [05:06.42] [05:06.99]Bright in the distance [05:08.69] [05:09.31]Where are you now my friend [05:11.97] [05:13.23]You see [05:13.91]Some nights when I can't sleep [05:15.83] [05:16.99]I still think of you [05:18.93] [05:21.47]Of all the promises [05:22.89] [05:23.75]All our dreams we shared [05:26.81] [05:29.66]I know [05:30.41] [05:32.27]Those lights still call to you [05:35.21] [05:36.45]I can hear them now [05:38.19] [05:40.02]I can hear them now [05:43.00] [05:48.66]Still shining for us [05:50.77] [05:52.63]Let 'em shine [05:53.35] [05:55.91]Can you hear them [05:56.99] [05:59.32]Can you hear them [06:00.94] [06:24.42]Lights are still shining [06:26.07] [06:26.90]Somewhere tonight out on the street [06:30.04] [06:30.65]Somewhere beneath this city's heat [06:34.32]In the eyes of strangers [06:35.83]Who pass me by [06:37.06] [06:38.33]Our life is cruel [06:39.14] [06:39.68]And so unkind [06:41.84] [06:42.36]Oh ohh [06:43.29] [06:44.32]Where's it gone [06:45.09] [06:45.70]The spirit of '76