Spirit Of 76 Lyrics

Spirit Of 76 lyrics

Well i find myself in reverie

 'bout what we might have had

 And what might have been

 We had something going once

 That was such a long, long time ago

 It was way back in '76

 Our friendship formed of pure innocence

 We first met in mathew street

 Where we heard something that would set us free

 A sign stands over a door, it says

 "four lads who shook the world"

 In the depths of those heady nights

 We would dream of those bright lights

 Oh my friend, oh my friend, oh my friend

 

 And my friend john, he went away

 He made some mistakes

 Spent time in walton jail

 And now when i see him we still talk

 But there's no light shining in his eyes

 And susie, she was seventeen

 And more beauty in this world

 I swear you'll never see

 I was gonna be king

 And she was gonna be queen

 But now all she does is hide behind the tears

 If there was more sense in this world

 And work wasn't so hard to find

 You would not be going your way

 I would not be going mine

 Oh my friend, oh my friend, oh my friend

 

 Somewhere tonight out on the street

 Somewhere beneath this city's heat

 In the eyes of strangers who pass me by

 Life is cruel and so unkind

 Oh, oh the spirit of '76

 

 And pete has seen his dreams come true

 But that don't make him no hero

 He's just one of the lucky few

 If a man can't change the world these days

 I still believe a man can change his own destiny

 But the price is high that has got to be paid

 For everyone who survives there are many who fail

 I've seen my friends caught out in that crossfire

 

 All their dreams and hopes smashed on the funeral pyre

 I will never give in until the day i die

 Get myself some independence

 Carve out a future with my two bare hands

 Oh my friend, oh my friend, oh my friend

 

 Somewhere tonight out on the street

 Somewhere beneath this city's heat

 In the eyes of strangers who pass me by

 Life is cruel and so unkind

 Oh, oh the spirit of '76

 

 

 Mersey lights shine in the distance

 Same as they did for us then

 Mersey lights shine bright in the distance

 Where are you now my friend?

 

 You see some nights when i can't sleep

 I still think of you

 

 And all the promises,all our dreams we shared

 I know those lights still call to you

 I can hear them now

 I can hear them now

 

 (still shining for us)

 (let em shine)

 

 (can you hear them)

 (can you hear them)

 

 (lights are still shining)

 

 Somewhere tonight out on the street

 Somewhere beneath this city's heat

 In the eyes of strangers who pass me by

 Life is cruel and so unkind

 Oh- oh

 Where's it gone

 The spirit of '76