Misc Unsigned Bands – Jack Routledge - Byker Bank (Guitar)

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They're pulling down old Byker bank, down come those old streets rank on rank

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Oh fare you well old Raby street, you leave behind you memories so sweet

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And now their end those houses meet, from Union road to Dalton street

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From shepherds yard to Albion row, the wreckers pull the ropes and down they go

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When we were kids we used to roam, all over Byker miles from home

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Down to the burn and the old quayside, chuck bricks at ships along the river Tyne

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Down Granny's park we used to play, a football match lasting all the day

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Then to the plagie just to be seen, the Parky chased us of the bowling green

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The wash house standing in the rain, the smell of washing through a broken pane

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The tram cars rattled as they swayed along, the trolley busses sang their silent song

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We used to run up and down the lane, from top to bottom and then back again

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But now those back lanes they are no more, you can't play football on the fourteenth floor

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Cos we live in these super flats, you can't keep pigeons, dogs or cats

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To pay the rent is extremely hard, but from the lounge you can see the naval yard

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And now old Byker has been pulled down, they're building us a brand new town

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We hope the planners can understand, you can't build people out of bricks and sand

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They're pulling down old Byker bank, down come those old streets rank on rank

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Oh fare you well old Raby street, you leave behind you memories so sweet