Hey Ma

Mm-mm

Mm-mm

You can see the mansions from the council estate

And there's a big old rain cloud formin' overhead now, as I leave this place

Down here, no one's special, and they'd kill ya if ya tried

But they'd help you in a heartbeat, and if they couldn't stop you bleedin'

They'd die there by your side

Hey ma, I crossed the sea today

Would you mind goin' and checkin' in on Mick for me?

Tell me you know I had to go, but I wanted to stay

Hey ma

Is PJ off the drink still?

Is it rainin' up in Shankill?

You know I'd be doin' alright if I had someone to shoot the breeze with

Just once in every while

Hey ma, I'm just callin' to say

All the words that'll make you think I breeze through the day

Yeah, I know it's just an hour on the aeroplane

But that doesn't stop it feelin' like a world away

Hey, hey ma

Livin' in the city

Although the London lights are pretty

Nobody stops to see the beauty

Of what is goin' on, what's really goin' on

Hey ma, I crossed the street today

I said hello to a stranger, but he walked away

I'm sendin' love from a street where no one knows my name

And I hope when I get back that things will be the same

Hey, ma

Hey, hey ma

Hey ma