Lowry’s Matchstick men,

We haven’t forgotten them,

Where Lowry painted industrial scenes,

Where the weird odd and few came to life,

He didn’t have a wife,

But made a life of matchstick men,

And we haven’t forgotten them,

So he walked Salford’s streets

With very little treats,

And banged on gallery doors

To have his art on the walls,

But they turned him away,

So he just had to say,

I’ve got the weird odd and the few just lookin at you,

where disabled men,

industrial scenes

Are making me dreams,

So look at them,

London came on the scene,

now he’s livin the dream,

of a Salford industrial theme,

now Lowrys gone

his arts hanging on a wall,

the Lowry in Salford is named after him

So come visit him,

So yeah Lowry’s Matchstick men

We haven’t forgotten them,

Lowry painted industrial scenes,

Where the weird odd and few came to life,

He didn’t have a wife

he made a life of matchstick men,

And we haven’t forgotten them

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