I drive the roads of East Northumberland
Between the uplands and the sea
Where the wind blows cold and the long grass is taking hold
Of the traces of how it used to be
verse 2
The windscreen wipers beat a rhythm
The years roll back across the plain
And the ghosts of the men are going to their destiny
Heading for the back-shift in the rain
verse 3
You can read their names on the monument
Their voices echo everywhere
Their proud banners call, hanging on the museum wall
Do you remember why they're there?
Bridge
And do you understand
It's only time's shifting sands that carry on?
Do you understand
That only time will tell, and time is moving on?
Instrumental
verse 4
I walk the hills of West Northumberland
And I look back east across the plain
From a ring of stones to the green fields and starter homes
And a North-East wind suggesting rain
Outro