North Country Boy - Lindisfarne

I’m just an ordinary north country man

I had a dream that bid me come here

Although naïve, I thought that I’d make my way

But fair weather friends is all that I had

They took from me all that I had to give

Replenished me with their reason

Don’t you talk to me about your sacrifice

Then ask of me if I’m leaving

I’m going down to the water today

I got to wash away my sorrow

I’m going down to the water today

I gotta get me clean by tomorrow

I’m just an ordinary north country man

My dream has edges that are fading

This year that’s passed, it’s not such a waste

It’s just a hard way to be learning

We’ve got no choice in the life that we’re born to

Our only choosing is in its living

Now people in their own time will show just that they are

I hope this time I know who I am

I’m going down to the water today

I’ve got to wash away my sorrow

I’m going down to the water today

I gotta get me clean by tomorrow

I’m gotta get me clean

I’m gotta get me clean

I’m gotta get me clean

I’m gotta get me clean