Island Of Souls

<br>Billy was born within sight of the shipyard<br>First son of a riveter`s son<br>And Billy was raised as the ship grew a shadow<br>Her great hull would blot out the light of the sun<br>And six days a week he would watch his poor father<br>A working man live like a slave<br>He`d drink every night, and he`d dream of a future,<br>Of money he never would save<br><br>Billy would cry when he thought of the future<br>Soon came a day when the bottle was broken<br>They launched the great ship out to sea<br>He felt he`d been left on a desolate shore<br>To a future he desperately wanted to flee<br><br>What else was there for a ship-builder`s son<br>A new ship to be built, new work to be done<br>One day he dreamed of the ship in the world<br>It would carry his father and he<br>To a place they would never be found<br>To a place far away from this town<br>Mm-bay mm-bay-day mm-bay<br>Mm-bay mm-bay-day mm-bay<br><br>Trapped in the cage of the skeleton ship<br>All the workmen suspended like flies<br>Caught in the flare of acetylene light<br>A working man works till the industry dies<br><br>And Billy would cry when he thought of the future<br>Then what they call an industrial accident<br>Crushed those it couldn`t forgive<br>They brought Billy`s father back home in an ambulance<br>A brass watch, a cheque, maybe three weeks to live<br><br>What else was there for a riveter`s son?<br>A new ship to be built, new work to be done<br>That night he dreamed of the ship in the world<br>It would carry his father and he<br>To a place they could never be found<br>To a place far away from this town,<br>A Newcastle ship with no coals<br>They would sail to the island of souls<br>Mm-bay mm-bay-day mm-bay<br>Mm-bay mm-bay-day mm-bay