"The Permanent Way" lyrics - BIG BIG TRAIN

[Instrumental intro]

The farmer working in the fields before the sunrise
The inland navigators heading for the far skies

Up on the hills amid the silence of the high moors
Down in the valleys, by the rivers and the dry stone walls

[Spoken:]
"Up here somewhere is where the colliers and cargo boats would run [?]. The rattle of cranes, the noise of shouting, goods trains puffing with heavy loads of coal for Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall..."

[Chorus:]
That is where you will find them
Out there, working by the hedgerows
In the rain and the snowfall, you'll find them
Out there, high against the skyline
In the mines and the headings, you'll find them
Down there, dreaming of the daylight

The line will hold the mark of man upon the land
The inland navigators reaching for the far skies

Na, na-na-na-na; na, na-na-na-na
Na, na-na-na-na; na, na-na-na-na
Na, na-na-na-na; na, na-na-na-na
Na, na-na-na-na; na, na-na-na-na

[Spoken:]
"That's what it's like now. Your hopes of dying, they flow like driftwood down the Tyne, out, out, into the open sea [?]"

[Instrumental Outro]