Sparrows Point-Richard Shindell

[ti:Sparrows Point] [ar:Richard Shindell] [al:Sparrows Point] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.84]Sparrows Point - Richard Shindell [00:02.44]Written by：GATES/CHRIS/GOTTLIEB/MICHAEL/ROACH/DAVID [00:03.55] [00:08.33]My name [00:08.94] [00:10.37]Is William Taylor [00:11.79] [00:14.13]I was born [00:14.93] [00:16.22]In '24 [00:17.75] [00:19.61]Too late to know [00:20.58] [00:21.37]The great fallen [00:23.11] [00:25.23]In time [00:26.20] [00:26.87]To know the great fall [00:28.65] [00:29.92]When my father died [00:31.97] [00:32.56]Of money [00:33.74] [00:35.20]My mother lived in spite [00:37.77] [00:39.86]We laughed [00:41.17]When nothing was funny [00:42.87] [00:46.01]And how we wept [00:46.93] [00:47.62]When nothing was left [00:48.68] [00:53.50]So I left her there [00:55.64] [00:56.22]In boomtown [00:57.94] [00:59.77]When I reached [01:01.06]Fifteen years [01:02.74] [01:04.99]I traveled mostly northeast [01:08.77] [01:10.69]With my head [01:11.74]Held mostly down [01:14.11] [01:15.86]'Cause they said there was more [01:18.36]In baltimore [01:20.30] [01:21.09]Where those shipyards never close [01:24.26] [01:25.83]You can sell the man [01:28.08] [01:28.72]Your labor [01:29.55] [01:32.20]And send the money home [01:35.19] [01:40.64]Broadway found me penniless [01:44.06] [01:45.81]The mission found me last [01:49.09] [01:51.12]They gave me a coat [01:52.91] [01:53.47]And three days rest [01:55.36] [01:57.00]And when I awoke and left [02:00.33] [02:01.93]A shroud of steam [02:04.63]Surrounded me [02:06.35] [02:07.31]And I was borne away [02:10.11] [02:12.27]I found myself [02:14.03] [02:14.84]At sparrows point [02:16.74] [02:18.28]With a slingshot [02:19.73]In my hand [02:21.86] [02:26.84]Standing there [02:28.28] [02:28.80]Around me [02:30.78]Two thousand [02:31.99] [02:32.56]Idle hands [02:34.35] [02:35.94]Their heads bowed low [02:38.46]Their hopes not high [02:41.13]Their hearts [02:42.08] [02:42.65]Weaned of their homes [02:44.56] [02:45.96]And Their pockets full [02:48.44]Of photographs [02:49.70] [02:51.11]Their eyes full of [02:53.40]Goodbyes [02:54.31] [02:56.96]I took my place [02:58.32] [02:58.88]Among my kind [03:00.91] [03:02.63]And I held my place [03:04.96]In line [03:06.76] [03:53.54]Now I'm twenty one [03:55.31] [03:56.47]And well employed [03:57.52] [03:59.78]And I send home [04:00.92] [04:01.68]Most of my pay [04:02.95] [04:04.59]Which leaves plenty left [04:06.35] [04:06.88]For cigarettes [04:08.01] [04:10.88]To help me pass the days [04:13.28] [04:15.61]With beloved friends [04:17.50] [04:18.06]Surrounding me [04:19.62] [04:20.37]The cold streets so far away [04:23.21] [04:26.07]Three days west [04:27.96]Of normandy [04:30.42] [04:31.44]A rifle [04:32.88]In my hand