Big River-The Hit Crew

[ti:Big River - Sound-A-Like As Made Famous By Jimmy Nail] [ar:Various Artists] [al:Almost Pop: Farewell Is A Lonely Sound] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.93]Big River -Jimmy Nail [00:02.30] [00:18.97]Walking on cobbled stones [00:22.48] [00:23.04]Little bits of skin and bone [00:26.03] [00:27.22]Jumping on the tram car for a ride [00:31.28] [00:35.46]I can remember then [00:38.95] [00:39.58]I was just a boy of ten [00:42.57] [00:43.82]Hanging around the old keyside [00:48.12] [00:52.30]Now all the capstans and the cargo boats [00:57.42]And stevadores are gone [01:00.42]To where all the old ships go [01:03.29]But memories just like the seas live on [01:08.90]'Cause that was when coal was king [01:12.77]The river a living thing [01:15.95] [01:17.14]And I was just a boy but it was mine [01:21.07] [01:23.13]The coaly tyne [01:25.27] [01:27.64]This was a big river [01:32.05] [01:32.62]I want you all to know that I was proud [01:38.04] [01:40.35]This was a big river [01:45.03]But that was long ago [01:48.72]That's not now that's not now [01:54.77] [01:58.95]My father was a working man [02:02.50] [02:03.07]He earned our living with his hands [02:05.88] [02:07.13]He had to cross the river every day [02:11.93] [02:15.42]He picked up a union [02:17.80]Card out of the neptune yard [02:22.79] [02:23.97]Mouths to feed and the bills to pay [02:28.22] [02:32.33]Then came a time for him [02:35.14]To sail across the seas [02:38.28]And far away [02:40.27] [02:40.79]Finally when that war was won [02:44.89]You brought him home and home he stayed [02:49.26]And when his days were done [02:52.63] [02:53.19]Under a golden sun [02:56.18] [02:57.25]You took him back to where he longed to be [03:01.74] [03:03.36]Back to the sea [03:05.36] [03:07.73]For this was a big river [03:12.16] [03:12.72]I want you all to know that I was proud [03:18.27] [03:20.52]This was a big river [03:25.20]But that was long ago [03:28.96]That's not now [03:30.69] [03:32.75]That's not how [03:34.81] [03:45.35]That's not now [03:47.59] [03:55.77]The neptune was the last to go [03:59.89]I heard it on my radio [04:03.20] [04:03.94]And then they played the latest number one [04:08.62] [04:12.31]But what do they do all day [04:16.42]And what are they supposed to say [04:19.67] [04:20.79]What does a father tell his son [04:24.85] [04:29.40]If you you believe [04:31.09]That there's a bond between our future [04:35.64]And our past [04:37.52]Try to hold on to what we had [04:41.38]We build them strong we built to last [04:45.94]'Cause this is a mighty town [04:49.43] [04:50.00]Built upon solid ground [04:53.19] [04:54.05]And everything they've tried so hard to kill [04:58.30] [05:00.23]We will rebuild [05:02.16] [05:04.60]For this was a big river [05:09.59]I want you all to know [05:13.08]That I'm so very proud [05:15.96] [05:17.39]This was a big river [05:22.07]But that was long ago [05:25.13] [05:25.69]That's not now [05:27.56] [05:29.93]And this is a big big river [05:33.99] [05:34.68]And in my heart I know it will rise again [05:39.98] [05:41.16]The river will rise again