Brunswick-Weddings Parties Anything

[ti:Brunswick] [ar:Weddings Parties Anything] [al:Roaring Days] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Brunswick - Weddings Parties Anything [00:05.11]In the summer all the old men [00:06.95] [00:07.90]They sit on their front porches [00:10.03] [00:11.09]While the women comb [00:12.68]Their hair shell their peas [00:15.24] [00:15.75]And wonder what they've missed [00:17.42] [00:17.94]And the forlorn children scan the streets [00:20.51] [00:21.33]For wayward dogs with fading torches [00:23.88] [00:25.10]It's no amazing sight [00:27.04] [00:27.84]It's something that I miss [00:30.19] [00:31.67]I still hear the trucks [00:33.12] [00:34.26]As they crunch their gears [00:36.43] [00:37.07]Going through the lanes [00:38.11]And curse all folk who get stuck in their way [00:42.09] [00:44.56]And the roaring forklift starting up [00:47.44] [00:48.00]At 7am of a weekday morning [00:50.75] [00:51.67]How I cursed them then now [00:53.43] [00:54.21]I see things another way [00:56.24] [00:57.64]And if I see things through a hallowed gaze [01:00.76] [01:01.41]Well is it such a crime [01:03.25] [01:05.89]When I ain't been to [01:08.34]Brunswick for a long long time [01:10.81] [01:13.69]There was a kind word you could get [01:15.82] [01:16.57]>From the man who ran the milk bar [01:19.54] [01:20.32]And a rough one from the old bloke [01:22.72] [01:23.54]Who lived across the road and though [01:26.53] [01:27.18]The footpaths stank with the refuse [01:29.60] [01:30.39]Of overfed Alsatians [01:32.26] [01:33.87]The air was rife with Tip Top Bread [01:36.51] [01:37.19]The baker's morning load [01:38.62] [01:40.12]And if I see things [01:41.40] [01:41.98]Through a hallowed gaze [01:43.23] [01:43.87]Well is it such a crime [01:45.50] [01:48.44]When I ain't been to [01:50.96]Brunswick for a long long time [01:53.19] [01:56.31]And there's a cottage I think of [01:58.65] [02:00.04]Sometimes when [02:02.94]I've been drinking [02:03.74] [02:05.16]And in the bottom of my glass [02:06.59] [02:08.37]I see a life I've missed [02:10.44] [02:12.33]Of summer walks and well trained dogs [02:14.90] [02:15.58]And plenty of time for thinking [02:17.86] [02:18.99]So just don't bother asking why the hell [02:22.88]I'm always pissed [02:23.92] [02:25.22]But if I see things through a hallowed gaze [02:28.15] [02:28.96]Well is it such a crime [02:30.52] [02:32.45]When I ain't been to Brunswick [02:35.88] [02:37.05]No I ain't been to Brunswick [02:39.19] [02:40.17]I ain't been nowhere near [02:42.24] [02:43.43]It for a long long time