Coketown Lullaby Lyrics

Oh, can't you recall those days in November

Oh, all I remember were the promises made

To the angels above and the full harvest moon

And the flowers soon to bloom beneath the ground where we laid

Then the music would sound and our families gathered round

And they toasted our fortune and fame

And we kissed once more as we floated across the floor

To a waltz that would never sound the same

But the days went on like a sad, sad song

Or a ship forever lost at sea

And the captain brave was lost beneath the waves

And you will never be the one for me

The whiskey ran dry and so did the laughter

That once filled the rafters where wedding bells ring

The poets grave is cold. The boys are getting high

A Coketown lullaby is all that's left to sing

Those verses bring tears as we think of yesteryear

Where did all our dreams go to die

Far away, far away or so the wise men say

We'll never get them back if we try

But the days went on like a sad, sad song

Or a ship forever lost at sea

And the captain brave was lost beneath the waves

And you will never be the one for me

So dance today away and look for tomorrow

Where love's bitter sorrow will haunt us no more

For a stones throw away the children go to play

Until the death of the day is mourned upon the shore

There may come a time where some strange foreign rhyme

Spins tales of what might have been

And the thought of your smile every once in a while

Loneliness was the greatest sin

But the days went on like a sad, sad song

Or a ship forever lost at sea

And the captain brave was lost beneath the waves

And you will never be the one for me

But the days went on like a sad, sad song

Or a ship forever lost at sea

And the captain brave was lost beneath the waves

And you will never be the one for me