He Could Be a Star

Right, let's be having you

Gormley?

Aye

Davidson?

Here

Summers

Tyne?

Here

I haven't seen you before

Elliot?

Jackie Elliot

Christ, I never expected to see you here

Aye, well, things change

It's good to see you've come to your senses, mate

Oh, piss off, man, will ya?

Howay then

Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to work we go

Dad! Dad!

Dad, where you going?

Dad!

I couldn't take it anymore, son

It was tearing me apart

We're lost, we're finished, man, we're through

I need to give the kid a future

I need to look him in the eye

Believe me, son, I'd do the same for you

You can't give in now, Dad

We've all been out a year

I can never talk to you again

You can't do this to me, Dad

You can't do it to yourself

He's just a kid, he's only just a bairn

But he could be a star for all we know

We don't know how far he can go

And no one else can give what I can give

No one else can give what I can give

He could go and he could shine

Not just stay here counting time

Son, we've got the chance to let him live

Yes, we've got the chance to let him live

This isn't about us, Dad

It's not about a kid

It's all of us, it's everybody's chance

It's everybody's future

It's everybody's past

It's not about a bairn who wants to dance

It's about wor history

It's about wor rights

Think about the sacrifice we made

It's what you've always taught us

I know, son

Since I was a lad

I know, son

Then please, Dad, don't let that passion fade

He could be a star for all we know

We don't know how far he can go

And no one else can give what I can give

No one else can give what I can give

We're all in this together, Jack

There is another way

All for one and one for all

Take this and this

And this and this

And this and this

And this and this

Don't worry, lad, we'll never let you fall

'Cause he could be a star for all we know

We don't know how far he can go

But we'll give all that we can give

C'mon, Dad, it'll be alright, c'mon

We'll all give all that we can give

C'mon, Dad, c'mon, c'mon

We will go and we will shine

We will go and seize the time

We will all have pride in how we live

We will all have pride in how we live

(We'll always stand together in the dark, right through the storm)

We will all have pride in how we live

(We will stand shoulder to shoulder to keep us warm)

Yes, we'll all have pride in how we live