Papa says "There are clothes to wash"
Sister says "Brush your hair"
You'll go down to the laundromat
Maybe your sister is there
Father says "When you're young like this 
Things can seem pretty bad"
Let's get out and walk by the river

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 says "Hold your head up high
Life goes on, so don't be afraid
Keep your defenses but don't shut the loving out
You got to learn to carry that weight"

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 pushing, trying to make it happen
I beg of you, I beg of you, I beg of you

I miss you more than I thought I could
I need you more than you know
I was there when they took you away from me
I'll be there when they let you go

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 hand in the Docklands
I beg of you, give me your hand 
In the Docklands
I beg of you, give me your hand
In the Docklands...

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WEBMISTRESS speculates:

Stevie didn't write this song, but maybe she liked the story behind it: a girl with a hard life who's waiting for the man she loves to return to her. I have to say, though - I hate this song! Why did she include it if she didn't even write it, when it's so bleh?

 

MBC speculates:

Thank you so much for saying that. I can honestly say I never thought I would hate a song on a Stevie Nicks album. There have been a few I wouldn't have been sad to never hear again, but I HATE this one. Was even more floored that she did it in concert. If anyone buys Stevie schlepping dirty clothes to a 'laundr-o-mat' (or even wants to think of her doing that) I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell.