Brunel Built My Bridge

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Brunel Built My Bridge

Help isn't easy when you live alone
Made me an engineer
I cut his photo from a picture book
Staring across the years
He called his workers in to tear me down
Start from the ground again
I saw the plans he drew up on the table
Rejoin the world of - Bit by bit
Brunel built my bridge
Bit by bit
Brunel built my bridge

Tell me I lack the will to run outside
And I will soon agree
Walled up inside the prison of my eyes
Resolving not to see
The door is three whole steps in front of me
But he is at my side
Although the trains are roaring close behind
It's not the time to - Bit by bit
Brunel built my bridge
Bit by bit
Brunel built my bridge

And now although I'm lying in my bed
I'm sending thoughts into
The world outside
Seen through the scaffolding
It seems it's hard to hide
CD: "Touchwood Tapes"
Summoning the spirit of a dead engineer to help sort your life out. No, really.