In the summer of 2005, Tyne Tees Television moved out of the City Road studios - its home since 1959. Former Tyne Tees employee John White, penned this musical tribute to the departure.
Listen to ‘One for the Road’, by John G White
Lyrics
City lights seem dim tonight
The eye on the river has lost its sight
The view from the gallery will never be the same
As city road looses its biggest name
No more people between the floors
Nor the miles and miles of empty corridors
An eerie silence in studio 5
It’s hard to believe it was so alive.
Chorus
Lets have one for the road
For the memories, and the people we’ve known
They’ve gone, but not from our hearts
Now the time has come to make a new start.
Guitar solo
New erections shade the future, now it’s all alone
Glass and concrete send it to a previous time zone
Keeping appearance is a difficult thing
When all around the world evolves in a spin
We all remember times we’d love to live in, again
Chorus
The man from the sally, he finds the bins bare
Around at the Egypt, there’s no on in there
Everyone’s gone a new place to dwell
So for now its goodbye NE1 2AL
Chorus x2
