Smokie - Liverpool Docks lyrics

Once knew a man who thought
He was another guy he was livin' a lie
He took a chance by roaming
The streets in the night
Till he learned how to fight
He met trouble one night
Another man with his wife
So he brought out his knife
Didn't mean to take his life
Now he's got to get away, hear him say

I'm going down to the Liverpool Docks
Try to hitch a ride
Ain't gonna break no rocks
And I never had a friend, I never needed one
I'm going down to the silvery sea
I'm gonna go some place where
They won't find me
And maybe I can go where I won't
Ever have to come back again
He took his time, lived his life alone
An' his thoughts were his own
He lived in a place he'd
Never heard of before in Block number four
Then one night at his door
He stood facing the law
On the paper he saw, what they wanted him for
They're gonna take him back, and he said

I'm goin' back to the Liverpool Docks
Gonna take a ride, gotta break some rocks
And I never had a friend
But I never needed one
Take a ride on the silvery sea
I'm gonna go some place where
They won't find me
An' I don't wanna go 'cos I
Know that I'll never come back again

I'm going down to the Liverpool Docks
Try to hitch a ride
Ain't gonna break no rocks
And I never had a friend, I never needed one
I'm going down to the silvery sea
I'm gonna go some place where
They won't find me
And maybe I can go where I won't
Ever have to come back again