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The Paper Lads is a children's television series produced by Tyne Tees Television and broadcast from 1977 to 1979. There were two series made; each of seven episodes. It was set in Newcastle in North East England, and was based around the adventures of some newspaper delivery boys and girls.  The signature tune of the series, "Back Home Once Again", was performed by progressive folk rock band Renaissance, and it appears as a full-length song on their 1978 album A Song For All Seasons.  Network Video released the first episode on their collection "Look-Back on '70s Telly - Issue 2".  The full series is due to be released on Network DVD on 29 July 2013.  Two novels by William Humble based on the series were released by Target Books.

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00:08Come along with me

00:11The night has opened up its eyes

00:15To see day

00:17The thoughts are moving just as one

00:21The feeling got so certain

00:25That when this day is done

00:27The fable I will

00:30Come with the dawn, casting light on the plate

00:34Acting it out in our own special way

00:37Making our entrance and reading the lines

00:40The story of people who live by the time

00:56Back home once again

00:59The streets that seem so long

01:03They're waking up

01:06Your job is done

01:09The night has opened up its eyes

01:13To see day

01:16The city's reading every line

01:20You've got to sleep, you're looking

01:23The world is just your own

01:26But pay for lots of love

01:33The day has opened up its eyes

01:34The city's reading load

01:35The fire is a calm bit

01:35The fire is used

01:35Because they have to calm high

01:35But there is no safe

01:37Lucía

01:38The fire is just your待ered

The Paper Lads | show | 1977 | Official Clip

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