Edinburgh Castle - Mike Scott

I woke up in the morning

Seven twenty-four

Drank a cup of coffee

Stepped out the door

I said Goodbye

To my old best friend

I took a ride

To the old West End

I walked along Princes Street

My feet were hurting bad

As I squirmed inside my shoes

I was thinking about my dad

There was the bones of a song

Beatin' around my head

Unless I remember it wrong

This is what it said:

Edinburgh Castle hugging the sky

Cold grey stone, humourless and dry

Sitting like a cork on top of the town

One of these days I’m gonna blow you down

I jumped on a bus

A trusty number 23

To the Royal Botanical Gardens

Where a ghost was calling me

I saw a brace of weeping willows

A burnt and withered land

I saw a man and a little boy

Holding hands

I scanned the skyline

It was like the backdrop of a play

I never saw your heartless beauty

Until I’d been away

As I was climbing up The mound

It struck me like a chime

I must have dreamed this scene

About a thousand times !

Edinburgh Castle hugging the sky

Cold grey stone, humourless and dry

Sitting like a cork on top of the town

One of these days I’m gonna blow you down

I found myself on Forrest Road

Feeling pretty sore

This city once was mine

But it ain’t mine anymore

And here’s my old school, «Jingling Geordie’s»

And I must confess

I couldn’t step through that gate

Until I’m better dressed

Back at Waverly Station

Half dead on my feet

I got on board the four forty-four

Promptly fell asleep

I woke up in Queen Street

At my journey’s end

I’ve got to say it’s totally great

To be back in Glasgow again !

Edinburgh Castle hugging the sky

Cold grey stone, humourless and dry

Sitting like a cork on top of my town

One of these days I’m gonna blow you down