Paisley — version 1

Scotland

Old Abbey, sir if you could talk
Amidst the smoke and iron locks
still better that than Glasgow docks
A dark and bitter town

Coates name and statue all the while
like some old goat who turned a smile
closed mills with thread and smashed up tiles
A dark and bitter town

Up the hill where I was born
A child still lost and more forlorn
while farms fed hens on cheapest corn
A dark and bitter town

Schools divided by their faith
what the hell, we all say Grace?
Fighting labels just for face
A dark and bitter town

Night time comes and there she stands
some old hag with arms like strands
takes your money behind some van
A dark and bitter town