Phoebe Rees - Wigan Pier

The mines are closed in the northwest country
Time like the colliery wheel stands still
Children at play where the work once called us
The work is gone but we're still here
Living on the road to Wigan Pier

Memory settles like early evening
Light from the Davy Lamps all gone down
Colliery theme parks and miners' statues
Are all the proof that we were here
Living on the road to Wigan Pier

Who will stand and who remember
Who still hears that whistle blow
Who will wait beside the window
For the black-faced miner
Coming down the road

Time marches on just like Coxey's Army
Were those the bad or the good old days
We live in fear of the dream that failed us
The dream is done but we're still here
Living on the road to Wigan Pier
Living on the road to Wigan Pier
Living on the road to Wigan Pier