The Man Who Would Never Leave Grimsby

Lyrics

I was told about a man Who would never leave Grimsby And that may sound strange But his heart was in that town With his friends and his family And to make him leave Would be pain indeed Now he could have toured the world He was highly respected But to make him go Would be ripping out his heart And leaving him restless So to see him play Go the Grimsby way 'Cos he has a little love But he gives a lot of love It doesn't matter where he is If you've got a little love And you give a lot of love It doesn't matter where you are It's up to you You could be in Grimsby too Got a letter from a boy From a village in Kenya He was such a fan So smitten by the band They called him the Strawbs Boy And that made him proud He would play us loud In the letter Lucky wrote That he'd been to Nairobi Which I found quite sad Because he said he looked around But he couldn't see me With a faith like that How I wish he had Lucky had a little love And he gave a lot of love Didn't matter where he was If you ever meet the man Who would never leave Grimsby Try to make him see That the home is in the heart And you carry it with you You may never leave And your spirit's free