Come along with me The day can breathe once more To hear the sound of closing doors The night has opened up its eyes to see day A thousand moving just as one A feeling that's so certain That when this day is done The paper lads will - Come with the dawn, casting light on the play Acting it out in our own special way Making our entrance and reading the lines The story of people who live by the Tyne Back home once again The streets that seemed so long They're waking now The job is done See people run to catch the wheels of their lives The cities reading every line But while it sleeps you're working In a world that's just your own For paper lads alone - In the dawn going round every day Seeing your home town in different ways Carry the news, solving problems you find Though young who knows what goes on in your mind