Human gridlock behind the roadblock x4
On a concrete track, one hour from the start to the back x 4
Back, back, back, track , back, back, track, track, back back, track, track, track-back, track-back, track track, back back, track, track, back, back, track, track, back, back, track, track, back, back
On a concrete track, one hour from the start to the back x 2
Back, back back, back

Expectations and soft rock motivation
Expectations, stratification
Famous faces put through their paces (higher)
Famous faces put through their paces (falsetto)
Attach the numbers to your chest
Attach the number to attest
Messages scrawled onto your skin
Slogans that resonate within
Ha,ha,ha,ha… ha, ha ha ha (falsetto)

The cattle of Cowgate
The stillness of ten thousand car-park places
The cattle of Cowgate
The elite fly over, the elite fly over, the elite fly over.
The cattle of Cowgate, the cattle of Cowgate.
The elite fly over, the elite fly over, fly over
A ceiling of concrete, crete, A ceiling of concrete crete
A ceiling of concrete, crete, A ceiling of concrete crete

Flyover, flyover, flyover, flyover, flyover, flyover

T. Dan Smith, the man and the myth
A man with a right-handed dream
Meanwhile, the mirrored glass of the city recedes x2

The green girders signify whatever you like (x 2)
Samaritan signs, civic pride, Port of Tyne, Port of Tyne
The green girders signify whatever you like (x2)
Samaritan signs, civic pride, Port of Tyne, Port of Tyne

Arterial routing, a message of hope, a merger, an early crossing.
Arterial routing, a message of hope, a merger, an early crossing
Harriers on the road, flowing over a hump-back bridge, near a dead drum shop
Waves of waves from suburbia to rogue land and horsecoats
Waves of waves, from suburbia to a land that's rogue.

Conifers disguise roundabouts en route (x2)
My grandfather's land so distant to me now
Conifers disguise roundabouts en route (x2)
My grandfather's land, which I know nothing about.
Brockley Whins, Brockley Whins, Brockley Whins, Brockley Wh-ins.

Suburbans solar panels upset the rhythm of the roofs
they jar and they jolt
Converting photons into volts
Brockley Whins, Brockley Whins, Brockley Whins, Brockley Whins…
ooh-hoo-ooh-hoo oo-oo-ooh(falsetto)

Between the online sponsorship forms and the betting shops that line the route
Money makes the world go round, money makes the world go round
Between the online sponsorship forms and the short-term loan shops that line the route
Money makes the world go round, money makes the world go round
Let's adjourn to the Rose & Crown
We'll watch it on the telly with the sound turned down
Even though it's going on outside you know that' we;ll provide fine commentary.
Let's adjourn to the Rose & Crown
We'll watch it on the telly with the sound turned
We'll provide our own running commentary.

Every town has a Black Bull and a Roman Road and a grass verge
Every town has a Black Bull and a Roman Road and a grass verge
(Names of) princes (and) emperors flash by
(Names of) princes (and) emperors flash by (last 2 words falsetto)

The headwind breaks over the runner's face
Stone-clad bus-stops line the way
The headland wakes for the annual change of pace
Stone-clad bus-stops line the parade
The headwind breaks, the headland wakes, the headwind breaks, the headland wakes
The headwind breaks, the headland wakes, the headwind breaks, the headland wakes
The headland wakes. mmm mmm mmmm (low to end of section)

By a coastal crest, the Kittwakes nest
By a coastal crest, the runners come to rest
As the Kittiwake flies, the shoreline comes alive
As the Kittiwake flies, the shoreline comes alive
Uuuh uh uh uh uh uh uh (falsetto)
Low-key falsetto oohs
Uh-huh-huh-huh-huh-hu etc. (falsetto main theme variation)

South Shields, trip-wires and tall tales
South Shields, flat roofs and funfairs
A mind full of nothing but continue (falsetto)
The mind drives you on, the mind drives you on
South Shields, South Shields

And now we reach the water, with statues made of flowers (normal soft)
Wipe away the tears of effort, don't allow the muscles to fre-eze (full voice)
Wipe away the beads of effort, don't allow the muscles to seize

hahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ah-ahh x4 (alternate lines finish LOW)
du du du du du du du du (falsetto after 1st goody-bagging)

Lost in the Leas blinking in an autumn breeze… ee eeze
Lost in the Leas blin-king in an autumn breeze… uh uh uh uh uh uh (falsetto x 2, 3rd=f. lower)
Horseshoes of flattened grass
Back to normal on Monday night
Psychic fair, held here
Back to normal on Monday night

aaaah etc