Papa saysthere are clothes to wash
Sister saysbrush your hair
You'll go downto the laundromat
Maybe your sister is there
Father sayswhen you're young like this
Things can seempretty bad
Let's get outand walk by the river

CHORUS:
And there are people who roam the Docklands
And there are ships passing in the night
And there are thousands of things that I have dreamed
Gone in the daylight

Sister sayshold your head up high
Life goes onso don't be afraid
Keep your defensesbut don't shut the loving out
You got to learn to carry that weight

CHORUS:
And all the people who roam the Docklands
And all the ships passing through the night
And there are thousands of things that I have dreamed
Gone in the daylight
Sometimes I feel like I'm in a foreign land
And there's a mirror I'm looking through
Lost in the place where I was born
Without a hand to hold on to

Hold on(Hold on)
Hold on(Hold on)

In the Docklands where I was born
People keep moving to and fro
Everybody's pushingtrying to make it happen
Ibeg of you(I) I beg of you(l) I beg of you

I miss youmore than I thought I could
I need youmore than you know
I was therewhen they took you away from me
I'll be therewhen they let you go

CHORUS:
And then the people who roam the Docklands
And all the ships passing in the night
And the thousands of things that I have dreamed
Stay in the daylight
Sometimes I feel like I'm in a foreign land
And there's a mirror I'm looking through
Well bring me back to the place where I was born
Without a hand to hold on to
Give me your hand
Give me your hand(Give me your hand)
Give me your handin the Docklands
Ibeg of yougive me your hand
In the Docklands