Big Smoke - Maverick Sabre

Another morning in the city

Another morning in the gritty and so and so

Another young man got stabbed on the pavement

Then another young man never made it to the station

Tell his mother where she’s waiting

Another morning in the city

Another morning in the gritty and so and so

Did you see the smoke coming out of the flames here

And then they try and take a story out the papers

80 dead, not one more person locked away yet

And so and so

Still seeing all blood in these lights, mud in these lies

Six o’clock news doesn’t cover these crimes

Cut corners and cost lives

Cut the poorest with no trial

No conviction and no distinction

Between what’s wrong here and what’s right

And do we honestly look by

It’s feeling grey in the blue sky

And the rain hits harder today

I see it’s come from the front page to the tenth page

Back to where no-one relates to the pain

No-one relates to the pain

Does anyone ever remember the flame

Remember the flames

Another morning in the city

Another morning in the gritty and so and so

Another young man got stabbed on the pavement

Then another young man never made it to the station

Tell his mother where she’s waiting

Another morning in the city

Another morning in the gritty and so and so

Did you see the smoke coming out of the flames here

And then they try and take a story out the papers

80 dead, not one more person locked away yeah

And so and so

Where did all the care go

Where’s our halo

Disillusioned kids on the main road

Unheard of and unliked

Bloody murders and blue lights

Did you see on the timeline

No electric and no lights

Hold tight now because it’s a cold night

We’re on the pipe now

And if you don’t like it tell us pipe down

I keep dreaming of bad days

Keep dreaming of better ways

When we can trust anyone when no worries we can just go away

But for now just sitting on the train

Watching everybody’s face

Point to the floor through for another day

And can we even see the flames

And can we even see the flames

And can we even see the flames

So and so

So and so

Another morning in the city

Another morning in the gritty so and so

Another young man got stabbed on the pavement

Then another young man never made it to the station

Tell his mother where she’s waiting

Another morning in the city

Another morning in the gritty so and so

Did you see the smoke coming out of the flames here

And then they try and take a story out the papers

80 dead, not one more person locked away yeah

And so and so