Mother says, there are clothes to wash
Mother says, brush your hair
We’ll go down to the launderette
Maybe your sister is there
Mother says, when you’re young like this
Things can seem pretty bad
Let’s get out, walk by the river
And there are people who roam the docklands
And there are ships passing in the night
There are thousands of things that I have dreamed
Gone in the daylight
Sister says, hold your head up high
Life goes on, so don’t be afraid
Keep your defences, but don’t shut the loving out
You’ve got to learn to carry the weight
You’ve got to learn
And there are people who roam the docklands
And there are ships passing in the night
There are thousands of things that I have dreamed
Gone in the daylight
Sometimes I feel like I’m in a foreign land
And there’s a mirror I’m looking through
Lost in the place where I was born
Without a hand to hold on to
And the docklands where I was born
People keep building stone by stone
Everybody’s pushing, trying to make it happen
I don’t know why I stay here
The whole world’s looking over my shoulder
Mother knows but she’ll never now
All the things that happen in me
We go out, walk by the water
And watch the river run to the sea
And there are people who roam the docklands
And there are ships passing in the night
There are thousands of things that I have dreamed
Gone in the daylight
Sometimes I feel like I’m in a foreign land
And there’s a mirror I’m looking through
Take me back to the place where I was born
I need a hand to hold on to
Give me your hand to hold on to