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Never Forgotten & Never Forgiven

from Left Turn On Liberty Lane by Joe Solo

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2014 marked the 30th Anniversary of the Miner's Strike, and I couldn't let it pass without a song. Dedicated to all the brothers and sisters at Stainforth Pit Club.

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At the age of 15 I walked out of the schoolyard
And in through the colliery gates
And I followed my Dad and his Dad before him
A miner like all of me mates
It was just what you did if you come from this town, son
Sort of burned in your soul
Some men are born to have money and power
But me, I was born to mine coal

Never forgotten and never forgiven
The scars from what they did haven't faded with time
Never forgotten and never forgiven
The memories run deep as the mine

Don't get me wrong, the graft it was hard son
It weren't for the faint of heart
And every morning that cage gave a lurch
And it sucked you down into the dark
Everyone there knows what everyone's thinking
It's not said out loud cos we're men
But each man inside he is silently praying
That he'll see the daylight again

Never forgotten and never forgiven
The scars from what they did haven't faded with time
Never forgotten and never forgiven
The memories run deep as the mine

It's been 30 long years since the last whistle sounded
And they locked the colliery gates
They shut down this town when the big wheel stopped turning
And abandoned us all to our fates
The kids grow up knowing there's nothing for them here
It's the Army or a life on the dole
But they know you never trust Tories or Coppers
Cos their hearts are as black as the coal

Never forgotten and never forgiven
The scars from what they did haven't faded with time
Never forgotten and never forgiven
The memories run deep as the mine


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BY JOE SOLO

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from Left Turn On Liberty Lane, released January 1, 2015
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Joe Solo Scarborough, UK

Joe Solo is an award-winning musician, writer, poet, activist, broadcaster and washing machine engineer from Scarborough.

Live he has an ever growing reputation as both a performer and raconteur, being thought-provoking, comical and punch-the-air political often in the same breath.

He is not an artist you forget in a hurry.
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