Single Father Songtext / Lyric

If we should meet in Glasgow,

By chance on a rainy day,

Let's sit and drink in a damn good bar,

Till evening comes out to play.



And there are things I don't want to talk about,

Things I don't want to say,

Twisted spires and lonely byres,

And fishing boats in winter spray

Winter spray.



I was a single father,

Those were real harsh times,

I remember losing my baby every time I hear the church bell chime.

I was a single father,

But I just can't complain.

Got a heart full of headstones as I step down

As I step down

From the train

From the train






We walked down a leafy ravine,

To a cloud of dragonflies,

You pointed your finger in water,

At the colours in the sky.



You sat in your chair on the beach,

I waved to you from the sea,

You saw the wave and smile,

You were already lost to me

Lost to me.



I was a single father,

Those were real harsh times,

I remember losing my baby every time I hear a church bell chime.

I was a single father,

But I just can't complain.

Got a heart full of headstones as I step down

As I step down

From the train

From the train.



Now my son's in the English army,

He plays the guitar well,

I almost never see him,

I walk alone on a distant fell.



Now half the world is working,

Half is watching TV,

Some take smack and fall right back,

It's all the same to me,

Same to me.



I was a single father,

Those were real harsh times,

I remember losing my baby every time I hear a church bell chime.

I was a single father,

But I just can't complain.

Got a heart full of headstones as I step down

As I step down

As I step down

From the train

From the train