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We Used To Build Ships Here

from Graphite by Kevin P. Gilday

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We used to build ships here
Not just despair
Now the veins of our city
Lie in disrepair

All our industry
Faded or tertiary
All our hopes and dreams
Subject to tyranny

We used to build ships here
We used to make steel
We worked with conviction
To provide every meal

Now for the flocks of foreign tourists
Our city we debase
As they take photographs for albums
To document a dying place

We used to build ships here
We used to make steel

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from Graphite, released December 25, 2011
Vocals & Percussion - Kevin P. Gilday
Organ - Emily MacLaren

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Kevin P. Gilday is an award-winning writer and spoken word artist from Glasgow, Scotland.

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