Dave Taylor - Susannah's Footseps Lyrics

From the clock tower cast an eye
As for a moment time stands still
Around McDonalds and Sports Direct
Stood that place they called Coal Hill

Down Belgrave Gate I saw Betfred
Past the Poundland made my way
To where the barges brought their loads
Iron and coal and stone and slate

Walking in Susanna's footsteps
Seeing through Susanna's eyes
When I think of all those changes
Passing down those tunnels of time
Focus on the span of history
That the mirror shows behind
Walking in Susanna's footsteps
Seeing through Susanna's eyes

All along the sacred way
Follow the parade at Whitsuntide
Bearing the marks of desolation
Stain the pages of our guide

Down Parchment Lane a Burger King
In High Street where the Lord's Place stood
Opposite the cafe Nero
Vanished now and gone for good

Walking in Susanna's footsteps
Seeing through Susanna's eyes
When I think of all those changes
Passing down those tunnels of time
Focus on the span of history
That the mirror shows behind
Walking in Susanna's footsteps
Seeing through Susanna's eyes

Behold the wondrous Travelodge
Where once was sat the Blue Boar Inn
Whose walls took with them many a tale
That it closely held within

Poor All Saint's you lie dwarfed and hidden
In huge monstrosity all drowned
Applegate crushed by the Holiday Inn
Upon the heart of the Roman town

Walking in Susanna's footsteps
Seeing through Susanna's eyes
When I think of all those changes
Passing down those tunnels of time
Focus on the span of history
That the mirror shows behind
Walking in Susanna's footsteps
Seeing through Susanna's eyes

Susanna took the guise of man
And by her pen she earned her wage
But forthright said that from now on
No human being should be a slave

Sounded out the blast of freedom
An example to all men
Said there should be no hesitation
As she unsheathed her mighty pen

Walking in Susanna's footsteps
Seeing through Susanna's eyes
When I think of all those changes
Passing down those tunnels of time
Focus on the span of history
That the mirror shows behind
Walking in Susanna's footsteps
Seeing through Susannah's eyes
Walking in Susanna's footsteps
Seeing through Susannah's eyes