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The Hall we Built
The Village Hall as originally built by the villagers of the time.
[Verse 1]
The walls were thin, the floorboards cracked
No heat, no light, no turning back
We danced through damp, we laughed through leaks
Scraping plates with frozen cheeks
[Verse 2]
The men pissed in a rusted shed
The roof above us barely held
An Elsan throne behind a door
We knew we had to build much more
[Chorus]
We nailed it down with blistered hands
Raised it up from no man’s land
Didn’t wait for someone else
We built the hall, we built it ourselves
Yeah, the wind came in, and the money crawled
But we stood tall
We built that hall
[Verse 3]
Whist drives, raffles, second shoes
Film nights under blackout rules
Dancing with the G.I. crowd
The jukebox cracked, the crowd too loud
[Bridge]
Year by year, the nights grew long
But the will was steel, the grip was strong
A thousand pounds, a July sun
We opened doors, we’d finally won
[Chorus]
We nailed it down with blistered hands
Raised it up from no man’s land
Didn’t wait for someone else
We built the hall, we built it ourselves
No heating pipes, no velvet wall
But we stood tall
We built that hall
We built it
We froze in it
We fought for it
We still live in it
That old hall, that rough-edged pride
Still holding strong on the village side