Northern Rain - Tom Robinson

We found so much to do

More to do… than we had the time

We’d chase whatever moved

Never lose… till I went down the mine

We knew, or thought we knew

All there was to know — like young men do

And we were happy too

Played the fool — till I went down the mine

Life was just one big round

The rain was never pissing down

Grey and slanting northern rain

Will our lives ever feel the same

You wave the boys off — what a game

Washed up, dried up, put away

Staring at the window pane

At nothing but northern rain

Now that you’ve grown

When you leave home

We’ll just have one less to care for

Left on our own

Sometimes I wonder what are we here for

God knows what I’m supposed to do

With my time — yesterday it was fine

It’s no use without you