Deathwork Song Lyrics - Deacon Blue

Let's sing a song for all the workmen 

Working on the carpark down by here 

Wrecking through the tombstones and the granite 

Cutting through the bone here 

Sweeping all the dust here 

Crunching all the dirt down 

Lifting it up and putting it down 

For once the sun beats down so warmly 

As the earthmovers come on so strong 

Move some hard old century closer 

Move it from the earth 

Put it on the truck 

Drive the truck away 

Lift it all up and put it all down 

And now the site stands still and silent 

As the men come circling around 

To see the bag left in the ground here 

Must have been a time ago 

Can't have been that old 

Must have been so lonely 

So lift up and set it down 

I can see my father in his place now 

It's many years away from here 

Lying back in sleep that's short and deep 

I think he's a good man 

I feel his good hands 

They seemed so soft then 

When they were setting us up and putting us down