Lyrics

It was a coal town He spent his whole life in a hole in the ground Smashing pieces of earth He never really saw the sky It was a hard life But little black rocks make the televisions work And put food on the table Until the unions cast him aside Now there's a hundred challenging things a boy can do When you've waved goodbye and held more tears in Than anyone ever should And all my sorrows pale to insignificance That's why I love you She was in a strange land She taught herself to read from doing crosswords And hiding her accent She cast her dreams aside She had a spark in her eye She never saw her son on his wedding day Or our cherry blossoms, falling down from the sky Now there's a hundred challening things a boy can do When you've waved goodbye and held more tears in Than anyone ever should And all my sorrows pale to insignificance That's why I love you No coal mines No not a trace Now shopping malls take their place No picket lines The sacrifice Dreams overrun Hopes for a future for her son, in Ollerton Now there's a hundred challenging things a boy can do When you've waved goodbye and held more tears in Than anyone ever should And all my sorrows pale to insignificance That's why she loves you A hundred challenging things a boy can do Wave goodbye Wave goodbye A hundred challenging Say goodbye to you