Alarm

Alarm - Spirit Of 76. lyrics

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Well I find myself in reverie<br />

'Bout what we might have had<br />

And what might have been<br />

We had something going once<br />

That was such a long, long time ago<br />

It was way back in '76<br />

Our friendship formed of pure innocence<br />

We first met in Mathew Street<br />

Where we heard something that would set us free<br />

A sign stands over a door, it says<br />

"Four lads who shook the world"<br />

In the depths of those heady nights<br />

We would dream of those bright lights<br />

Oh my friend, Oh my friend, Oh my friend<br />

<br />

And my friend John, he went away<br />

He made some mistakes<br />

Spent time in Walton jail<br />

And now when I see him we still talk<br />

But there's no light shining in his eyes<br />

And Susie, she was seventeen<br />

And more beauty in this world<br />

I swear you'll never see<br />

I was gonna be king<br />

And she was gonna be queen<br />

But now all she does is hide behind the tears<br />

If there was more sense in this world<br />

And work wasn't so hard to find<br />

You would not be going your way<br />

I would not be going mine<br />

Oh my friend, Oh my friend, Oh my friend<br />

<br />

Somewhere tonight out on the street<br />

Somewhere beneath this city's heat<br />

In the eyes of strangers who pass me by<br />

Life is cruel and so unkind<br />

Oh, Oh the SPIRIT OF '76<br />

<br />

And Pete has seen his dreams come true<br />

But that don't make him no hero<br />

He's just one of the lucky few<br />

If a man can't change the world these days<br />

I still believe a man can change his own destiny<br />

But the price is high that has got to be paid<br />

For everyone who survives there are many who fail<br />

I've seen my friends caught out in that crossfire<br />

<br />

All their dreams and hopes smashed on the funeral pyre<br />

I will never give in until the day I die<br />

Get myself some independence<br />

Carve out a future with my two bare hands<br />

Oh my friend, Oh my friend, Oh my friend<br />

<br />

Somewhere tonight out on the street<br />

Somewhere beneath this city's heat<br />

In the eyes of strangers who pass me by<br />

Life is cruel and so unkind<br />

Oh, Oh the SPIRIT OF '76<br />

<br />

<br />

Mersey lights shine in the distance<br />

Same as they did for us then<br />

Mersey lights shine bright in the distance<br />

Where are you now my friend?<br />

<br />

You see some nights when I can't sleep<br />

I still think of you<br />

<br />

And all the promises,all our dreams we shared<br />

I know those lights still call to you<br />

I can hear them now<br />

I can hear them now<br />

<br />

(Still shining for us)<br />

(Let em shine)<br />

<br />

(Can you hear them)<br />

(Can you hear them)<br />

<br />

(Lights are still shining)<br />

<br />

Somewhere tonight out on the street<br />

Somewhere beneath this city's heat<br />

In the eyes of strangers who pass me by<br />

Life is cruel and so unkind<br />

Oh- Oh<br />

Where's it gone<br />

The SPIRIT OF '76

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