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HE PAINTED
SALFORD'S SMOKEY TOPS
ON CARDBOARD BOXES
FROM THE SHOPS
AND PARTS OF ANCOATS
WHERE I USED TO PLAY
I'M SURE HE ONCE
WALKED DOWN OUR STREET
'CAUSE HE PAINTED KIDS
WHO HAD NOWT ON THEIR FEET
THE CLOTHES THEY WORE
HAD ALL SEEN BETTER DAYS
NOW THEY SAID HIS
WORKS OF ART WERE DULL
NO ROOM, OLD LAD
THE WALLS ARE FULL
BUT LOWRY DIDN'T
CARE MUCH ANYWAY
THEY SAID HE JUST
PAINTS CATS AND DOGS
AND MATCHSTALK MEN
IN BOOTS AND CLOGS
AND LOWRY SAID THAT'S
JUST THE WAY THEY'LL STAY
AND HE PAINTED
MATCHSTALK MEN AND
MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS
HE PAINTED KIDS ON THE
CORNER OF THE STREET
THAT WERE SPARKING CLOGS
NOW HE TAKES
HIS BRUSH AND HE WAITS
OUTSIDE THEM FACTORY GATES
TO PAINT HIS MATCHSTALK
MEN AND MATCHSTALK
CATS AND DOGS
NOW CANVAS AND BRUSHES
WERE WEARIN' THIN
WHEN LONDON
STARTED CALLIN' HIM
TO COME ON DOWN AND
WEAR THE OLD FLAT CAP
THEY SAID TELL US
ALL ABOUT YOUR WAYS
AND ALL ABOUT
THEM SALFORD DAYS
IS IT TRUE YOU'RE JUST
AN ORDINARY CHAP
AND HE PAINTED
MATCHSTALK MEN AND
MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS
HE PAINTED KIDS ON THE
CORNER OF THE STREET
THAT WERE SPARKING CLOGS
NOW HE TAKES
HIS BRUSH AND HE WAITS
OUTSIDE THEM FACTORY GATES
TO PAINT HIS MATCHSTALK
MEN AND MATCHSTALK
CATS AND DOGS
NOW LOWRYS
HANG UP ON THE WALL
BESIDE THE GREATEST
OF THEM ALL
AND EVEN THE MONA LISA
TAKES A BOW
THIS TIRED OLD MAN
WITH HAIR LIKE SNOW
TOLD NORTHERN FOLK
IT'S TIME TO GO
THE FEVER CAME
AND THE GOOD LORD
MOPPED HIS BROW
AND HE LEFT US
MATCHSTALK MEN AND
MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS
HE LEFT US KIDS ON THE
CORNER OF THE STREET
THAT WERE SPARKING CLOGS
NOW HE TAKES
HIS BRUSH AND HE WAITS
OUTSIDE THEM PEARLY GATES
TO PAINT HIS MATCHSTALK
MEN AND MATCHSTALK
CATS AND DOGS
AND HE LEFT US
MATCHSTALK MEN AND
MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS
HE LEFT US KIDS ON THE
CORNER OF THE STREET
THAT WERE SPARKING CLOGS
NOW HE TAKES
HIS BRUSH AND HE WAITS
OUTSIDE THEM PEARLY GATES
TO PAINT HIS MATCHSTALK
MEN AND MATCHSTALK
CATS AND DOGS
AND HE LEFT US
MATCHSTALK MEN AND
MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS
HE LEFT US KIDS ON THE
CORNER OF THE STREET
THAT WERE SPARKING CLOGS
NOW HE TAKES
HIS BRUSH AND HE WAITS
OUTSIDE THEM PEARLY GATES
TO PAINT HIS MATCHSTALK
MEN AND MATCHSTALK
CATS AND DOGS