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In Knotty Ash where magic lived The trolley runs all day The pillbox on the corner stands Five flagstone from the bus stop Outside the News and sweetshop door The start of Eaton Road The next left down East Prescot Road Woodbourne winds around the back An’ up above the nex las shop Was where we ‘ad ar flat The front door opened to the street then straight up stair at that With a landin’ an’ two bedrooms With winders to the street But if y’stepped two steps straight on Past the bathroom door You’d be in the famly Dinin’ Livin’ Parlor Room We called ar ‘appy ‘ome With not much left but kitchinette An’ veranda to stair down The back garden had a shelter Left over from the war And three brick walls for climbin’ on With a big door for the tea shop And a single that was ar’s Lookin’ back it was n’ much But back then it was ‘eaven