Green And Grey Lyrics - New Model Army

The time I think most clearly, the time I drift away 

Is on the bus-ride that meanders up these valleys of green and grey 

I get to think about what might have been and what may yet come true 

And I get to pass a rainy mile thinking of you 

And all the while, all the while, I still hear that call 

To the land of gold and poison that beckons to us all 

Nothing changes here very much, I guess you'd say it never will 

The pubs are all full on Friday nights and things get started still 

We spent hours last week with Billy boy, bleeding, yeah queuing in Casualty 

Staring at those posters we used to laugh at, 

Never Never Land, palm trees by the sea 

Well there was no need for those guys to hurt him so bad 

When all they had to do was knock him down 

But no one asks to many questions like that since you left this town 

And tomorrow brings another train 

Another young brave steals away 

But you're the one I remember 

From these valleys of green and the grey 

You used to talk about winners and losers all the time, as if that was all there was 

As if we were not of the same blood family, as if we live by different laws 

Do you owe so much less to these rain swept hills than you owe to your good self? 

Is it true that the world has always got to be something 

That seems to happen somewhere else? 

For God's sake don't you realize that I still hear that call 

Do you think you're so brave just to go running to that which beckons to us all?