Put their slogans on the factory wall
  The lights go down, darkness falls
  On the waterfront
    We appear from a world of cold and steel
  Discarded by the industrial wheel
  On the waterfront
    But down the dockland late at night
  The fires of London burn so bright
  No one cares, or sheds a tear
  For those who live through their nights of fear
  On the waterfront
  We live together
  On the waterfront
  We stay forever
  On the waterfront
    They push us away, they close the door
  In the part of the city that no-one saw
  On the waterfront
    And so we move like ghosts through a timeless zone
  Through the midst of the river we call our home
  On the waterfront
    But down the dockland late at night
  The fires of London burn so bright
  No one cares, or sheds a tear
  For those who live through their nights of fear
  On the waterfront
  We live together
  On the waterfront
  We stay forever
  On the waterfront
    On the waterfront
  We live together
  On the waterfront
  We stay forever
  On the waterfront
    We appear from a world of cold and steel
  Discarded by the industrial wheel
  And no one cares, or sheds a tear
  For those who live through their nights of fear
  On the waterfront
  We live together
  On the waterfront
  We stay forever
  On the waterfront
    On the waterfront
  We live together
  On the waterfront
  We stay forever
  On the waterfront