The Town of Roundabouts
Verse 1
Photographs I took
So many shades of colour
Stapled in a book
Suppose I never looked around
The corners of this town
Until I wrote it down
Verse 2
Amenities and folk
Shops and village pubs
Don’t fix what isn’t broken
They were right there on the door
And now we long for more
Reminiscent of before
Chorus
60 Years we’ve seen of this new town
But it feels like it’s always been around
Through these roads we’ve been lost and we’ve been found
In the town of roundabouts
Verse 3
Districts they stood tall
Set apart by numbers
Wasn’t long before they’d fall
People just wanted a name
A village they could claim
A place to call home
Chorus
60 Years we’ve seen of this new town
But it feels like it’s always been around
Through these roads we’ve been lost and we’ve been found
In the town of roundabouts
Middle 8
Fields of grass
Pictures taken on a Kodac
Memories to last
Rumoured Crocodiles
Beautiful wildlife
Time it goes so fast
Chorus
60 Years we’ve seen of this new town
But it feels like it’s always been around
Through these roads we’ve been lost and we’ve been found
In the town of roundabouts
In the town of roundabouts
In the town of roundabouts
Town of Roundabouts was written and performed by Paige Temperley.
Credits
You’ve been listening to the Washington Community Podcasting group and Brenda Naisby Tony Erskine (the Artist for Washington Development, Corporation), Ian Murray, Roseanna Erskine, Sarah Murray, Doug Walker, Bob Hope, Kim Hunter, Gloria Finnigan, Thomas Finnigan, Olive Metcalfe and Ellaine Davidson.
The Crocodile and the Underpass ballad podcast is produced by Grace Stubbings and the Washington community podcasting group, with songs composed and performed by David Brewis and Paige Temperley. The project was developed by Washington Heritage Partnership, Sunderland City Council’s Washington Area Committee, Sunderland Culture at The Arts Centre Washington, Baseline Shift and We Make Culture, with support from the University of Sunderland. and The National Heritage Lottery Fund. This project has been made possible by the support of The National Lottery Heritage Fund with many thanks to National Lottery players.
