"Skylon" lyrics - BIG BIG TRAIN

After the fire
After the storm
Post-war London
Six years on

At the side of the Thames:
Skylon...

Broken walls
An end to all good things
Open skies
Seen through roofless houses

But down by the Thames
Three-hundred feet above the river
Soaring higher than church spires:
Skylon...

Rising up before me;
Floating in midair
I lost myself in wonder
It was something from Dan Dare

A vision of the future
A beacon in the night sky
A promise of much better days
A new Jerusalem

[Chorus:]
Looking up at Skylon
Lost in a dream of impossible things
A brave new world to come

Underneath the Skylon
Colours in a grey world
A pick-me-up for the nation
The work of giants
Here in London Town...

Bells fall silent
Thrown to the ground
Books are burning
Fired at low tide

But down by the Thames
Mighty marvels will arise
Science lighting up the dark nights:
Skylon...

A vision of the future
Rising at the water's edge
The turning wheels of industry
Invention and makers of wonder

We'll be the new Elizabethans
Explorers of distant land
Make ourselves a better place
A new Jerusalem

[Chorus:]
Looking up at Skylon
Lost in a dream of impossible things
A brave new world to come

Underneath the Skylon
Colours in a grey world
A pick-me-up for the nation
The work of giants
Here in London Town...