Mersey Bell

We climbed onto ramparts so high,

Cruel wind on a warm Summer’s night,

Ring the shipping bell for a friend we once knew,

As the river swells the bell it tolls for you.

See the lights of Stanlow,

Reflecting on the Mersey,

Runcorn Town and Widnes,

Liverpool and Manchester,

Made our lives, what they are tonight.

So many lights,

So many lives.

I lived, you died,

I grow old as you lie,

Buried in time, always, always.

I would’ve died for you,

(But) I lived my life for you.

See the tide, it turns for you,

See the lights, they shine for you,

The Mersey bell it rings for you.

Music and lyrics written by Colin M Potter.