Hello My Old Friend

Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] Early morning, day is dawning Cooling towers and factory gates Dirty streets and laughing people Skinny dogs and beer crates [Chorus] Hello, my old friend Hello, my old friend [Verse 2] Sad canals with green, black water Some with bicycles and beds Wet and windy afternoons And pigeons coo in garden sheds [Chorus] Hello, my old friend Hello, my old friend [Verse 3] High-rise tower blocks With panoramic views of trains and coal Tired railway tracks tread faithfully The gasworks to behold [Chorus] Hello, my old friend [Post-Chorus] Just to see the sunset Pretty rainbows over your majestic towers To feel your earth beneath my feet Here I could stand for hours and hours [Bridge] (Spatch and mail!) (Spatch and mail!) [Instrumental Interlude] [Verse 4] Black machines that once were champions Turn to dust under the sky Broken windows, choking chimneys Factory walls for miles and miles [Chorus] Bye bye, my old friend Bye bye, my old friend [Post-Chorus] Just to see the sunset Pretty rainbows over your majestic towers To feel your earth beneath my feet Here I could stand for hours and hours [Outro] (Welcome to the show) (Welcome to the show)