Frontman Guy Garvey told the Manchester Evening News that this song, inspired in part by the Manchester skyline, has a very similar theme to “The Bones of You.” He explained:
“I like the idea that a tower crane driver is higher paid than the people on the ground but completely on his own. He has to...
Gotta get out of TV
Just pick a point and go
The ticker-tape tangles my feet
As I search for a face that I know
Come on, tower crane driver
There's not so far to go
I must have been working the ropes
When your hand slipped from mine
Now I live off the mirrors and smoke
It's a joke, a fix, a lie
Come on, tower crane driver
Oh, so far to fall
Send up a prayer in my name
Just the same
They say I'm on top of my game
Gentle, gentle rose
Send up a prayer in my name
The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver was written by Richard Jupp & Pete Turner & Mark Potter & Craig Potter & Guy Garvey.
The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver was produced by Craig Potter & Elbow.
Elbow released The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver on Tue Apr 22 2008.