Back To My Roots

Back to my Roots I returned home to see my folks After being away too long Found my way back to my family home But everyone was gone Where has everybody gone? My family and my friends I needed to come home I needed to make amends I drove past the factories Where my ancestors worked nights They were deserted and ramshackled Surrounded by building sites I looked through a broken window And was amazed by what I'd seen My late Grandfathers overcoat Still draped over his machine The birthplace of my friends And their parents long before Had been replaced by high-rise tower blocks Floor upon floor upon floor All the old shops replaced by a shopping mall Old houses replaced by council estates Lifelong workers now on the dole The government blind to their fates I feel so out of place And my mind is filled with fear My hometown is no longer familiar Why did I come back here?