Northern Industrial Town Lyrics - Billy Bragg

It's just a northern industrial town 

The front doors of the houses open into the street 

There's no room for front gardens 

Just a two-up, two-down 

In a northern industrial town 

And you can see the green hills 'cross the rooftops 

And a fresher wind blows past the end of our block 

In the evenings the mist comes rolling on down 

Into a northern industrial town 

And there's only two teams in this town 

And you must follow one or the other 

Let us win, let them lose 

Not the other way round 

In a northern industrial town 

And the streetlights look pretty and bright 

From the tops of the hills that rise dark in the night 

If it weren't for the rain, you might never come down 

To your northern industrial town 

And on payday they tear the place down 

With a pint in your hand and a bash 'em out band 

Sure they'd dance to the rhythm of the rain falling down 

In a northern industrial town 

And there's plenty of artists around 

Painters, steal cars, poets, nicked guitars 

'Cause we're out of the black and we're into the red 

So give us this day our daily bread 

In a northern industrial town 

But it's not Leeds or Manchester 

Liverpool, Sheffield nor Glasgow 

It's not Newcastle-on-Thyne 

It's Belfast 

It's just a northern industrial town 

Merry Christmas, war is over 

In a northern industrial town