Docklands
 

Written by T. Horn and B. Cook

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...

 


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.

 

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