The Men They Couldn't Hang - Down All the Days lyrics

The strongest will can't break the chain When summer skies are filled with rain We ain't down, we ain't down all the days Tortured faces in the tenement flats Break down the walls, don't look back We ain't down, we ain't down all the days Stray dogs bark at pa**ing cars Waifs bed down beneath the stars We ain't down, we ain't down all the days Furtive policemen on the beat Dreads play cricket in the street We ain't down, we ain't down all the days The splendour of your sweet flesh In this choking city haze Takes me from my burdens, carries me away Tripping down on golden sands Moonbeams light our way Forget all the evils under the sun 'Cause we ain't down, we ain't down all the days Some live in hope and others pray Deliverance from this cold and grey Blackest summer I can remember Thunder claps sound guilt and greed Lightning strikes on those in need, and it's going to rain, it's going to rain From April to September Thursday's pay, week on the run Three-legged whippets pay twenty-ones We ain't down, we ain't down all the days Glory, glory, it's Saturday again Your crock of gold trickles down the drain You ain't down, you ain't down all the days Our hearts one day will sing with joy On a fresh evening 'neath a mackerel sky We ain't down, we ain't down all the days A wind of change, toil for hands A realm of peace through this rain-swept land, but We ain't down, we ain't down all the days