Glengarnock — version 4

Kilbirnie

No longer glows the sky at night
Eerie orange from steel so bright
They still feel what they did was right
As I walk through a village called Glengarnock

The hills seem alive with mist and rain
Dead sheep killed for politics’ pain
Same with the old chemical rain
As I walk through a village called Glengarnock

The old warehouses moan and creak
While people sign on for another week
Everyone wants but no one will seek
As I walk through a village called Glengarnock

My Grandfather’s village where he walked those streets
Dreaming of people he would never meet
Even the ground has gone beneath his feet
As I walk through a village of Glengarnock

Those streets once full of the working men
With CCTV for the news at ten
Just in case you happen to go round the bend
As I walk through a village called Glengarnock

The powers that be, drive through every day
Closing their eyes to the things of dismay
Saying "Ah well tomorrow’s another day"
As I walk through a village of Glengarnock

Key tasks and spin as the place lies in gloom
While preachers predict that we are all doomed
A village once living which died so soon
As I walk through a village called Glengarnock