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Factory Girl
Ian Bell
It's a long way from Lancaster Paris on the Grand
From Liverpool to the flats at the edge of town
And it must have seemed like a million miles when you lost sight of land
Steaming West towards the sun as it went down.
Factory girl I saw you when you first stepped off the train
I still watch for you when the noonday whistle blows
And I guess there must have been a time when I didn't know your name
But I was young and that was long ago.
Everybody knew the cottage with the roses by the gate
Where music came to meet you at the door
The Northern voices sang so sweet that you thought your heart would break
And feet that spun like silver on the floor.
We're leading the lives that chose us, measuring our days
By the clicking of shuttles and the water through the race
The rose has twined around your fence and I can see the lines around your eyes.
Winter rains have fallen, the water's deep and fast
Watch your step or you'll get swept away
And every year that passes by goes quicker than the last
No time for the things that you mean to say.