Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra
The closing song to ELO’s ambitious Secret Messages album, it was restored only in the 2018 re-issue of the double album as originally envisioned.
The song is a homage to the band’s hometown, Birmingham.
In this song the “protagonist” wanders his old home, reflecting on the destructive events of T...
[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 and green-black water
Somewhere, 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
Tie-head railway tracks tread faithfully
The gasworks to behold
[Chorus]
Hello, my old friend
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]
Big 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
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)
Hello My Old Friend was written by Jeff Lynne.
Hello My Old Friend was produced by Jeff Lynne.
Electric Light Orchestra released Hello My Old Friend on Fri Jun 15 1990.