{"id":960,"date":"2017-01-19T18:22:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T18:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/?p=960"},"modified":"2017-01-19T18:23:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T18:23:43","slug":"the-factory-the-story-behind-the-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/2017\/01\/19\/the-factory-the-story-behind-the-song\/","title":{"rendered":"The Factory &#8211; the story behind the song"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"470\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/track=575670320\/album=1411039729\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\">In the 1940s men would regularly bicycle from Didcot and local villages to the Oxford car plants.<\/div>\n<div class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\">This is my song about their early morning rides in convoy which especially grueling in mid winter.<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"lyrics-label\"><\/h3>\n<div class=\"tralbumData lyricsText\">\n<p>THE FACTORY<\/p>\n<p>MEN ARE RIDING ACROSS THE WINTER FIELDS<br \/>\nBYCYCLE LIGHTS SPARKLING IN THEIR CHROME WHEELS<br \/>\nWORKING DUSK TO DAWN IN THE FACTORIES<br \/>\nWHOSE LIGHTS SHINE THROUGH THE TREES<\/p>\n<p>OH CAN&#8217;T YOU SEE, CAN&#8217;T YOU SEE<br \/>\nTHE FACTORY<\/p>\n<p>NOW THOSE MEN THEY ONLY RIDE IN THEIR DREAMS<br \/>\nTHE FACTORIES ARE GONE, ONLY FIELDS OF WEEDS<br \/>\nAND THOSE MEN HAVE GRANDSONS WITH COMPANY CARS<br \/>\nYOU CAN SEE THEM OUT RACING AROUND THE BYPASS<\/p>\n<p>BUT TEN MILES OUT OF TOWN THERE&#8217;S A SCRAPYARD<br \/>\nWHERE FIFTY YEARS HARD LABOUR IS FALLING APART<br \/>\nIF YOU STARE INTO THE RUSTY CHROME YOU&#8217;LL SEE<br \/>\nTHE GHOSTS OF MEN POLISHING HEADLIGHTS AND POURING LEAD<\/p>\n<p>MEN ARE RIDING ACROSS THE WINTER FIELDS<br \/>\nBYCYCLE LIGHTS SPARKLING LIKE A CHAIN OF PEARLS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tralbumData lyricsText\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\">from <a href=\"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.bandcamp.com\/album\/black-tin-barns-river-ghosts\">Black Tin Barns &amp; River Ghosts<\/a>, releases February 1, 2017<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 1940s men would regularly bicycle from Didcot and local villages to the Oxford car plants. 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