Columns O' Steam - The Lucksmiths

Your dad’s proud face is glowing

He recommends we buy goggles and flags

All aboard and don’t forget your bags

Let’s leave this place behind

And I didn’t get you a present

But you don’t seem to mind

This party’s leaving soon

And your dad whistles a happy tune

With Belgrave far behind

Past a house where I spent one Christmas

And I wish we’d bought a camera with us

So I could show my mum some slides

Of this beauty that stretches far and wide

Fields of gold, trees of green

Columns of steam…

Your dad’s proud face is glowing

He pours us all another pot of beer

There’s all the food and drink you’d ever want in here

But the train’s about to leave

And your friend has won my heart

But I’m as drunk as I’ll ever be

In her lap I begin to dream

Columns of steam…