Elbow tower crane driver lyrics

Come on, tower crane driver There's not so far to go I must have been working the ropes When your hand slipped from mine Now I live off the mirrors and smoke It's a joke, a fix, a lie Come on, tower crane driver Oh so far to fall Send up a prayer in my name Just the same They say I'm on top of my game Dwindle gentle rose Send up a prayer in my name. Come on, tower crane driver There's not so far to go I must have been working the ropes When your hand slipped from mine Now I live off the mirrors and smoke It's a joke, a fix, a lie Come on, tower crane driver Oh, so far to fall Send up a prayer in my name Just the same They say I'm on top of my game Dwindle gentle rose.  · Gotta get out of TV Just pick a point and go The ticker-tape tangles my feet As I search for a face that I know Come on, tower crane driver There's not so far to go I must have been working the ropes When your hand slipped from mine Now I live off the mirrors and smoke It's a joke, a fix, a lie Come on, tower crane driver Oh, so far to fall Send up a prayer in my name Just the same They say I'm on .

Frontman Guy Garvey told the Manchester Evening News that this song, inspired in part by the Manchester skyline, has a very similar theme to "The Bones of You."He explained: "I like the idea that a tower crane driver is higher paid than the people on the ground but completely on his own. Gotta get out of TV Just pick a point and go The ticker-tape tangles my feet As I search for a face that I know Come on, tower crane driver There's not so far to go I must have been working the ropes When your hand slipped from mine Now I live off the mirrors and smoke It's a joke, a fix, a lie Come on, tower crane driver Oh, so far to fall Send up a prayer in my name Just the same They say I'm on top of my game Dwindle gentle rose Send up a prayer in my name. Come on, tower crane driver There's not so far to go I must have been working the ropes When your hand slipped from mine Now I live off the mirrors and smoke It's a joke, a fix, a lie Come on, tower crane driver Oh so far to fall Send up a prayer in my name Just the same They say I'm on top of my game Dwindle gentle rose Send up a prayer in my name.

Lyrics to song "The Loneliness Of A Tower Crane Driver" by Elbow: Gotta get out of TV Just pick a point and go The ticker-tape tangles my feet As I search. "My brother in law met a tower crane driver in a bar who began the night boasting about how well paid he was and how much he loved his job. He ended the night. Lyrics for The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver by Elbow and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Gotta get out of TV Just pick a point and go The.