Bridge Of Dean

Leith waters run, leith waters flow

And time's washed down as melted snow

There sleeps the unnamed girl laid low

Weed tangled hair pulled to and fro

Her life dragged to the undertow

Down by the bridge of dean

All hallow's eve left ghosts there

In bonfire night's chill wood smoked air

Her same old path to home seemed strange

That friendly way so rearranged

Each well known tree took evil shape

Down by the bridge of dean

She's crossed dean bridge and dropped down right

And left behind safe city's lights

Gone wandering home quite out of sight

Each bang and flash of firework bright

Left her shaking by the riverside

Down by the bridge of dean

So scared she runs for saunders street

In tripping steps and heart skip beat

While man made thunder splits the sky

Hygieia cries as she runs by

But the roaring river spurs her own

Down by the bridge of dean

That creeping feeling something's wrong

She's glancing back and running on

Down to the arch and almost there

A hand grabs out behind the stair

Why can no-one hear her screaming there

Down by the bridge of dean?

The healing draughts of st. Bernard's well

They could not help her as she fell

Down in the water still she lies

With reaching arms and pleading eyes

But no-one knows as they walk by

Down by the bridge of dean

No sign to mark the place

Save a lonely pink glove half buried in mud

Oh sing on high you church bells toll

An hourly mass for the unnamed girl

For her lonely lost forgotten soul

Down by the bridge of dean