Once knew a man who thought he was another guy

He was livin' a lie

He took a chance by roaming the streets in the night

Till he learned how to fight

He met trouble one night

Another man with his wife

So he brought out his knife

Didn't mean to take his life

Now he's got to get away

Hear him say

 

I'm going down to the Liverpool Docks

Try to hitch a ride

Ain't gonna break no rocks

And I never had a friend

I never needed one

 

I'm going down to the silvery sea

I'm gonna go some

Place where they won't find me

And maybe I can go

Where I won't ever have to come

Back again

 

He took his time

Lived his life alone

An' his thoughts were his own

He lived in a

Place he'd never heard of before

In Block number four

Then one night at his door

He stood facing the law

On the paper he saw

What they wanted him for

They're gonna take him back

 

And he said

 

I'm goin' back to the Liverpool Docks

Gonna take a ride

Gotta break some rocks

And I never had a friend

 

But I never needed one

Take a ride on the silvery sea

I'm gonna go some place where they won't find me

An' I don't wanna go 'cos

I know that I'll never come back again

 

I'm goin' back to the Liverpool Docks

Gonna take a ride

Gotta break some rocks

And I never had a friend

But I never needed one