Susannah's Footseps

From the clock tower cast an eye As for a moment time stands still Around McDonalds and Sports Direct Stood that place they called Coal Hill Down Belgrave Gate I saw Betfred Past the Poundland made my way To where the barges brought their loads Iron and coal and stone and slate Walking in Susanna's footsteps Seeing through Susanna's eyes When I think of all those changes Passing down those tunnels of time Focus on the span of history That the mirror shows behind Walking in Susanna's footsteps Seeing through Susanna's eyes All along the sacred way Follow the parade at Whitsuntide Bearing the marks of desolation Stain the pages of our guide Down Parchment Lane a Burger King In High Street where the Lord's Place stood Opposite the cafe Nero Vanished now and gone for good Walking in Susanna's footsteps Seeing through Susanna's eyes When I think of all those changes Passing down those tunnels of time Focus on the span of history That the mirror shows behind Walking in Susanna's footsteps Seeing through Susanna's eyes Behold the wondrous Travelodge Where once was sat the Blue Boar Inn Whose walls took with them many a tale That it closely held within Poor All Saint's you lie dwarfed and hidden In huge monstrosity all drowned Applegate crushed by the Holiday Inn Upon the heart of the Roman town Walking in Susanna's footsteps Seeing through Susanna's eyes When I think of all those changes Passing down those tunnels of time Focus on the span of history That the mirror shows behind Walking in Susanna's footsteps Seeing through Susanna's eyes Susanna took the guise of man And by her pen she earned her wage But forthright said that from now on No human being should be a slave Sounded out the blast of freedom An example to all men Said there should be no hesitation As she unsheathed her mighty pen Walking in Susanna's footsteps Seeing through Susanna's eyes When I think of all those changes Passing down those tunnels of time Focus on the span of history That the mirror shows behind Walking in Susanna's footsteps Seeing through Susannah's eyes Walking in Susanna's footsteps Seeing through Susannah's eyes