Gilded Thunder - Black Gold '78

Steel legs walking out to sea Lights at night where nets should be Harbour towns don't sleep the same Every tide comes back with change Fathers talking louder now Maps get redrawn anyhow Hands that knew the rope and oar Count new numbers Dream of more Hear it humming Under stone Something waking... Not alone... Black gold Rising from the cold Dark and bright And hard to hold Every promise Every scar Burns like fire In a jar Black gold Hear the engines start Fuel for futures Weight on hearts We don't know What it will cost... Only what we're about to lose... Coffee steaming Papers shake Headlines bigger Every day Ports fill up With foreign names New money doesn't Speak the same Old songs played A little slow Young ones itching Just to go What was earned And what was found Both feel heavier now Hear the sea Begin to change Not afraid... But not the same... Black gold Pulled up from the deep Black gold Pulled up from the deep Wide awake Where we should sleep Every gain Is cast in flame Nothing coming back unchanged Black gold Rolling in like fate Too damn early Far too late We don't know Who wins or loses... Only that the wheel is moving... Blessed... And warned... In the same breath... Hope tastes sharp... Against the debt... Black gold Shining through the rain Every answer Brings a chain Build it strong Build it fast Pray the future's built to last Black gold Mark the line Between what's yours And what was mine We don't curse And we don't pray... We just feel... The ground give way... Black... Gold... Black... Gold...