Smokestack Blues Lyrics

Concrete statues touch the bleary eyes of dawn as

Remnants of the night before are sheepishly withdrawn

Neon whispers fade the ghosts of shadow sounds

With a quiet embrace, dreams are burning down

The ageing urban pulse has shuddered to a crawl as

Dislocated footsteps echo on the shuttered sprawl

Rust and ruin tell their stories of decay

Flickering streetlights live to fight another day

I've got the smokestack blues

I've got the smokestack blues

I've got the smokestack blues

I've got the smokestack blues

Tales of love & loss with dreams you can admire as

Lonely roads carve their way to trouble & desire

Silent thoughts are drifting through the morning haze

Shifting with the landscape in the dawn's eternal maze

I'll wrestle demons till the sunlight splits the sky as

Memories slowly denigrate the world they occupy

The early morning grafters in subconscious disarray

Flowing like an river meandering into day

I've got the smokestack blues

I've got the smokestack blues

I've got the smokestack blues

I've got the smokestack blues