Silvertown Blues - Mark Knopfler

On Silvertown way the cranes stand high 
Quiet and gray against the still of the sky 
They won't quit and lay down though the action has died 
They watch the new game in town on the Blackwall side 

From the poisonous drains a vision appears 
A new circle of cranes, a new reason to be here 
A big silver dome rising up into the dawn 
Above the church and the homes where all the silver is gone 

If I'd a bucket of gold, what would I do 
I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues 
Going down in Silvertown 
Down in Silvertown 
Going down in Silvertown 
Down in Silvertown 

A silver dawn steals over the docks 
A truck with no wheels up on the cinderblocks 
Men with no dreams around a fire in a drum 
Scrap metal schemes rusted over and done 

If I'd a bucket of gold, silver would do 
I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues 
And I'm going down in 
Down in Silvertown 
Going down in Silvertown 
Down in Silvertown 

When you're standing on thin and dangerous ice 
You can knock and walk in for citizens' advice 
They'll tell you where you can turn, where you can go 
There's nothing they can tell me I don't already know 

If I'd a bucket of gold, silver would do 
I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues 
And I'm going down in 
Down in Silvertown 
Going down in Silvertown 
Down in Silvertown 

From the Caning Town train I see a billboard high 
There's a big silver plane rising up into the sky 
And I can make out the words 'seven flights every day' 
Says six of those birds are bound for JFK 

If I'd a bucket of gold, what would I do 
I'd leave the story untold Silvertown blues 
And I'm going down in 
Down in Silvertown 
Going down in Silvertown 
Down in Silvertown