Ravenscraig - Runrig

Word came like a hammer

Night fell down like a shroud

And it’s caught me drinking, trying to turn back the clock

Through this industrial ghost town

I’ve known graft and I’ve voted well

Trying to keep the Lowlands red

But all I gets control in foreign hands

Other colours instead

All I want is a roof over my head

All I want is a steady job

All I want to do is say I love you

With every penny I’ve got

And all I think about are Debbie and Jane

To give them some kind of chance in life

But the long road running out the strip mill gate

Has got me walking that line

We never stretched our dance hall dreams

We got it just about right

There’s little escape from a working town

And from a working life

I placed my future in the palm of your hand

One autumn Friday at the Church of All Saints

There’s no investment here in life or in love

And now it’s getting too late

All I want is a roof over my head

All I want is a steady job

All I want to do is say I love you

With every penny I’ve got

And all I think about are Debbie and Jane

To give them some kind of chance in life

But the long road running out the strip mill gate

Has got me walking that line

Has got me walking that line

Has got me walking that line