Broken Piano (songbook Version) Lyrics - Frank Turner

As I walked out one morning fair 

I found myself drawn thoughtlessly 

Back to the place we used to live 

And you still do, now without me 

Around the back, away from the road 

Behind the bins, beneath your window 

I found the hulk, the rusting bulk 

Of a shattered old piano 

Someone had torn out some of the keys 

With cruel care, not thoughtlessly 

In such a way that one could only play 

Minor melodies 

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So I sat down in my sadness, beneath your window 

And I played sad songs on the minor keys of a broken piano 

A sinner amongst saved men on the banks of the muddy Thames 

As I have wandered through this city 

Like a child lost in the London fog 

From Highgate Hill, down to the river 

Then washed downstream past the Isle of Dogs 

I've had time enough to think upon 

The question of what kind of songs 

You would choose to listen to 

Now that I am gone 

And as I drift beneath that bridge 

Just down the road from where you live 

I've often thought I might have caught 

Your voice upon the wind 

But as I stroked those broken keys 

You did not join in harmony 

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So I sat down in my sadness, beneath your window 

And I played sad songs on the minor keys of a broken piano 

A sinner amongst saved men on the banks of the muddy Thames 

On the banks of the muddy Thames 

On the banks of the muddy Thames