Keep Building Castles

The reek's risin' oot the Cockenzie lums, the salt's clingin' fast tae oor skin,

saut

as the waves roll intothe shore.

You're holding my hand doun the Promenade,

haudin' ma haun

where the gulls sing their scavenging song

whaur / sang

and the waves roll in to the shore.

CHORUS

We keep building castles in the sand,

biggin

though the North Sea scours in and covers them over*. scoors / hurls

When the walls fall down*, we start again.

fa doun

The haar's lifting oot on the Isle o' May we run to the tideline to swim

as the waves roll in to the shore

We keep building castles in the sand, though the North Sea scours in and covers them over.

When the walls fall down, we start again.

Portobello we had the wind in our hair

oor

Portobello every summer

Portobello we were oftentimes there,

aften

and oftentimes still when we mind

We keep building castles in the sand, though the North Sea scours in and covers them over.

When the walls fall down, we start again, start again.