Smokie — Liverpool Docks

Once knew a man who thought he was another guy He was livin' a lie He took a chance by roaming the streets in the night Till he learned how to fight He met trouble one night, another man with his wife So he brought out his knife, didn't mean to take his life Now he's got to get away, hear him say I'm going down to the Liverpool Docks Try to hitch a ride, ain't gonna break no rocks And I never had a friend, I never needed one I'm going down to the silvery sea I'm gonna go some place where they won't find me And maybe I can go where I won't ever have to come back again He took his time, lived his life alone An' his thoughts were his own He lived in a place he'd never heard of before In Block number four Then one night at his door, he stood facing the law On the paper he saw, what they wanted him for They're gonna take him back, and he said I'm goin' back to the Liverpool Docks Gonna take a ride, gotta break some rocks And I never had a friend, but I never needed one Take a ride on the silvery sea I'm gonna go some place where they won't find me An' I don't wanna go 'cos I know that I'll never come Back again I'm going down to the Liverpool Docks Try to hitch a ride, ain't gonna break no rocks And I never had a friend, I never needed one I'm going down to the silvery sea I'm gonna go some place where they won't find me And maybe I can go where I won't ever have to come back again