Northern Industrial Town Lyrics

The song Northern Industrial Town is performed by Billy Bragg in the album named Volume 2 in the year 2006 .



It's just a northern industrial town
The front doors of the houses open into the street
There's no room for front gardens, just a two-up two-down
In a northern industrial town

And you can see the green hills 'cross the rooftops
And a fresher wind blows past the end of our block
In the evenings the mist come rolling on down
Into a northern industrial town

And there's only two teams in this town
And you must follow one or the other
Let us win, let them lose, not the other way 'round
In a northern industrial town

And the street lights look pretty and bright
From the tops of the hills that rise dark in the night
If it weren't for the rain you might never come down
To your northern industrial town

And on payday they tear the place down
With a pint in your hand and a bash 'em out band
Sure they'd dance to the rhythm of the rain falling down
In a northern industrial town

And there's plenty of artists around
Painters steal cars, poets nick guitars
'Cause we're out of the black and we're into the red
So give us this day our daily bread
In a northern industrial town

But it's not Leeds or Manchester
Liverpool, Sheffield nor Glasgow
It's not Newcastle-on-Tyne, it's Belfast
It's just a northern industrial town

Merry Christmas, war is over
In a northern industrial town




Billy Bragg - Volume 2

Oct 2006

  1. Price I Pay
  2. Only One
  3. Short Answer
  4. Love Has No Pride [#][*]
  5. That's Entertainment [#][*]
  6. Bad Penny [#][*][Demo Version]
  7. Reason to Believe [Live][*]
  8. Raglan Road [Live][*]
  9. Everywhere
  10. Cindy of a Thousand Lives
  11. Trust
  12. God's Footballer
  13. Few
  14. Mother of the Bride
  15. Dolphins
  16. North Sea Bubble
  17. Rumours of War
  18. Wish You Were Her
  19. Body of Water
  20. Party of God [*]
  21. Just One Victory [Alternative Mix][*]
  22. Bread & Circuses [*]
  23. Revolution [*]
  24. Tighten Up Your Wig [*] - Billy Bragg,
  25. MBH [#][*]
  26. Gulf Between Us [#][*]
  27. Piccadilly Rambler [#][*]
  28. From Red to Blue
  29. Everybody Loves You Babe
  30. Sugardaddy
  31. Pict Song
  32. Space Race Is Over
  33. Northern Industrial Town
  34. Fourteenth of February
  35. King James Version
  36. Goalhanger
  37. As Long as You Hold Me [#][*][Demo Version]
  38. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? [#][*][Demo Version]
  39. Sugar Daddy [#][*][Demo Version]
  40. Qualifications [*]
  41. Never Had No One Ever [*]
  42. Thatcherites [*]
  43. All Fall Down [#][*]
  44. Jane Allen - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  45. Distant Shore - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  46. England, Half English - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  47. Some Days I See the Point - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  48. Baby Faroukh - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  49. Another Kind of Judy - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  50. He'll Go Down - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  51. Dreadbelly - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  52. Tears of My Tracks - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  53. Billericay Dickie [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  54. Mansion on the Hill [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  55. Glad and Sorry [#][*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  56. Yarra Song [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  57. You Pulled the Carpet Out [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  58. Mystery Shoes [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  59. 1 2 3 4 [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  60. Dry Bed [Band Version][*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  61. Danny Rose [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  62. She Smiled Sweetly [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  63. Saturday Boy [DVD][Live][*]
  64. Marching Song of the Covert Battalions [DVD][Live][*]
  65. Lover Sings [DVD][Live][*]
  66. Warmest Room [DVD][Live][*]
  67. Debris [DVD][Live][*]
  68. All You Facists [DVD][Live][*]


Northern Industrial Town