[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)