By a Living Thing

Deep underground there's a miner,
Digging up the last of the lode
When the mine closes down , so does the town
Where does that working family go?

You can drive a family off the farmland,
but their heart and their soul is still there
You may not ever know that's where their mind goes
When they're sitting in their flat backed chair

Chorus:
We scatter and ramble, like leaves in the wind
Once we were all bound together,
By a living thing, by a living thing

They don't build ships in the harbour ,
the saw mill is a wood dust heap
When you've worked on the land or the sea like dry sand
Change will blow you away, it even roars in your sleep,
It even roars in your sleep

Repeat Chorus

Let’s get ready for the parting,
Put on your travelling dress
But first we’ll eat and go dancing
and let the future take care of the rest

Repeat Chorus x 2
And we’ll scatter and ramble, like leaves in the wind
Once we were all bound together,
By a living thing,
By a living thing