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