And here I sit with a tear in my eye, the waters of Tyne in between you and I
And here I sit with a tear in my eye, the waters of Tyne in between you and I

As a child I dreamed of her, on the far banks of the river
I knew she could not be reached, for my mind was forever wondering
Far above his head, as he tried his best to teach me
The river was muddy and black, black as the coal she carried
Impossible to cross, many men had tried
The old sailor told me, another life is lost

And here I sit with a tear in my eye, the waters of Tyne in between you and I
And here I sit with a tear in my eye, the waters of Tyne in between you and I

Black was the colour of my childish dreams, impressions that would last
Black coal, coal black pit yacka's face, escaping the coal dust blast
Blind pony stumblin' to the light of day, to retire in the green fields forever
And I'll build me a bridge of steel, to beat the black river forever
I'll beat that black river forever, I'll beat that muddy river forever

And here I sit with a tear in my eye, the waters of Tyne in between you and I
And here I sit with a tear in my eye, the waters of Tyne in between you and I

Conversation in a London Bar:
Cockney: I don't know why you geezers come down to London cause you look so miserable all the time, y'know
Geordie: That's true, I havna been too happy but what brought us down here was three years on the dole and I just come down here for work and for money and get a bit few, few more quid in me pocket
Cockney: Yeah, but coming down to the smoke, mate, you need people to see, you'll need friends, to goin' to see because it's a hard town boy down here
Geordie: I'm learning that alright I'm trying to get to mix with people, y'know, I wanna meet the right people like y'know. But it's happening here so I'm… really
Cockney: If you hang about with me mate I can show you some places meet some good people you know
Geordie: Good people I've met. In most places there's darkies, wogs, there's Egyptians there's arabs there's all sorts living…
Cockney: Well mate I live and work with Irishmen, Jews, Darkies everybody mate and after a while you put up with it and it doesn't seem so hard to get along with you know
Geordie: Yeah well I mean the only black people we see at work is a fella when he comes out the pit and you know you can wash that off. I know they're the same underneath and…
Cockney: good in bed and all sorts though mate you just gotta get on with it
Geordie: Well I tell you what if it doesn't get better the money is just not doing us any good at all cos it's more expensive, I'm seriously considering, like I say I'm gonna… the lot of them and just… off back home. Cos that's another thing, there's no bars, good ones where you can have good entertainment
Cockney: Well it's more of a social thing down here mate you go out to have a good time in a bar and you eat…
Geordie: Well I reckon a woman shouldn't be seen in a bar you shouldn't take her in, she should stop at home
Cockney: You gotta go to respectable bars, there's some nice respectable bars - not too classy, not too down and out but just nice
Geordie: Yeah but when you go in you don't know ifit's a bar or a restaurant. If I'm gonna get drunk, I don't won't to get drunk in a cake shop with sandwiches all over the place. Barman: Thank you very much gent that'll be four pound seven please