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This song was inspired by a wander down the Clyde on a grey, cloudy afternoon from Pacific Quay to Glasgow Green. Towering above the silver river are huge, glass television studios, music venues, and hotel buildings. Walking among them, it seems impossible to envisage what came before. Yet, if you stroll along a footbridge, and stand above the water, you’ll notice the remnants of the old docks and begin to picture the ghosts of Clydebuilt ships setting sail down the Broomielaw.
To the West lies Clydebank where Singer’s sewing machine factory once employed a whole town. To the East you’ll find the bright lights of the Barrowland Ballroom where generations of hard working men and women would down tools every weekend and head to “the dancing”. This song is our imaginary glimpse into the lives of these people: their mundane routines, their hopeful romances, and all their wishes and dreams as they built the ships that sailed the world.
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Oh the bridge is quiet and the water’s still
As you turn your face from the bitter chill
Watching ghosts of ships you saw
Set sail down the Broomielaw
Long hours and the work was hard
For a teenage welder in the Fairfield yard
Holding on to dreams you planned
Walking home from the Barrowland
Oh you can see it now
As sure as I can see the river
Until the cold wind blows it all away
Walking by the quayside
That’s when I heard you say
Those old abandoned shipyards never leave me
Walking by the quayside
Where you threw it all away
Those old abandoned dreams of yesterday
Well Singers down in Clydebank sang
While the hammers chimed and the clocktower rang
Blue jeans and she had it all
Underneath that glitter ball
Oh you can see it now
As sure as I can see the river
Until the cold wind blows it all away
Walking by the quayside
That’s when I heard you say
Those old abandoned shipyards never leave me
Walking by the quayside
Where you threw it all away
Those old abandoned dreams of yesterday
She was waiting for you on the cobbled street
Where the pavements shine and the lovers meet
Near a bar where you met before
Ceud mìle fàilte on the door
You spoke of all you hoped to find
If you ever left these streets behind
Sailing out across the world
Just you and your bonnie girl
Oh you can see it now
As sure as I can see the river
Until the cold wind blows it all away
And you can see it still
Because the hope endures forever
Until the cold wind blows it all away
Walking by the quayside
That’s when I heard you say
Those old abandoned shipyards never leave me
Walking by the quayside
Where you threw it all away
Those old abandoned dreams of yesterday