Bath by candle light

[Keith]

Final edit thanks to Billy Addy n penguin

The lights have gone, the house is out,
the power heard the miners shout.
Police shields and barricades,
black lungs, spit early graves.

Maggi cries, close them down,
there's nothing left, in this town.
Gritted teeth, jab scab hate,
wrists chained to pitless gates.

Wiper blades, smearing eggs,
police hats, Yorkshire heads.
Jaded faces turn in shame,
dark dust eyes, cry the same.

Plastic buckets, coins and coughs,
hard men and mines, simply lost.
Dole queue days, depressions creep,
veins are rich but coal is cheap.





1st attempt
The lights have gone the house is out,
the power heard the miners shout.
Police shields and barricades,
black lungs and early graves

Maggi cry’s close them down,
nothing left in this town.
Scab, scab, scab, hate, hate, hate,
mouths to feed, no food on plate.

Wiper blades, smearing eggs,
police hats, Yorkshire men’s heads
Terrified faces turn in shame,
dark dust eyes cry the same.

Industry giants now fast asleep,
veins are rich but coal is cheap.
Banners and Placards, meanings lost.
A warehouse for Europe, fuck the cost.