Burger Bar Bay
Album: Jumbotown
By: Jumbotown
By: Jumbotown
Duration
3:30
Genres
Description
The song is set in the natural environment of the River Severn Estuary in the UK. Whilst serene and teaming with natural bird life, the pigeons congregate around what is colloquially known as Burger Bar Bay - for the litter and other spoils of the human race. What is the protagonist hiding from?
Lyrics
I am many miles away From where I should be Hiding in a hideaway Gazing out to sea High tide in the channel Ships sail by my way While pigeons grey the skies Around Burger Bar Bay Alone with the driftwood The wind and the salty spray Noting down seabirds That pass my way today Migrate over winter Down Africa way While pigeons grey the skies Around Burger Bar Bay While pigeons grey the skies Around Burger Bar Bay Sanderling and curlew Golden plover and you On the mud below where the traffic flies What am I going to do? I am many miles away From where I should be Hiding in a hideaway Gazing out to sea High tide in the channel Ships sail by my way While pigeons grey the skies While pigeons grey the skies Around Burger Bar Bay