Northern Town

I was mirror to your every move
And happy too
I the outline that your shadow threw
Under light of wild, wide eyes
Our Northern town
Was given grace
Every redbrick building caught ablaze
And through our Northern town, which once was grey
True colour came
Colour came
We were strangers once, and staying strange

Seasons bowed, the year turned round
The weather changed
Head down, I hid my face
And from your good love's comfort fell away
Way down South, to old Thames mouth
Where I was raised
Upon a sad slow train
Miles away from Mersey rain
And through a thousand cloudless nights I lay
Wide awake through every one of them
We were strangers once, and shall remain strange

Rode the storm-cloud North
I took a train
But the streets had changed
Even strangers' faces' features changed
Veils of love were lifted up, our Northern town
Growing graceless now
But the memories crowd the alleyways
When redbrick buildings burned
And colour came
Worlds were changed
In the Mersey rain
We were strangers once and staying strange
Staying strange