Gateshead 1954

GATESHEAD 1954 My home’s between vinegar factory And a small-time scrap metal dealer This town is an ugly and grimy Industrial place - and it doesn’t get any realer Like rich woman next door to a poor one Newcastle’s ashamed of her dowdy neighbour Like San Francisco is of Oakland Or Washington is of Baltimore Our shared property fence, the Tyne Bridges are landmarks of Newcastle, it’s said But lead to nowhere across the river line, To my home, grimy Gateshead. ** It is a shadow town, all but dead And no one really cares - the best can be said About coming from Gateshead Is…..coming from Gateshead. **Gateshead – a large heavily industrialized town across the River Tyne from Newcastle, England.