Gateway to Europe - Wreckless Eric

A crooked pub propped up the corner of the street

Opposite a furniture shop called Everything but the Girl

Rocket shaped signs declared Spacemade

A brother of a brother-in-law tore all the houses down

Moved the people to the outskirts

To places where the buses run

But no one knows quite where they are

I’d just sold my bass guitar

I ran down Spring Bank in the rain

Tears mingling with the water

I knew it had to be though I knew there’d be some pain

We’ve got a gig tonight

We need someone with a car

Amplifiers, stolen PA

My Teisco Top Twenty guitar

Some people never cross the river

The accents are different on the other side of town

Winter sets in amid the stench of fog and fish

Free 'n' Easy Night and Carlton Bingo

They say they’re going to build a bridge

Connecting nowhere in particular with

Where no one wants to go

Old glories fade away

Derelicted houses, the ghosts of yesterday

Ruined factories on the east side of town

They’re slated for revival so they’ll soon be coming down

I’d just sold my bass guitar

I ran down Spring Bank in the rain

Tears mingling with the water

I knew it had to be though I knew there’d be some pain

We’ve got a gig tonight

We need someone with a car

Amplifiers, stolen PA

My Teisco Top Twenty guitar

Make way for Europe

It’s the start of something big

Gateway to Europe

Gateway to Europe

Gateway to Europe

It’s the start of something big