Pictures of Matchstick Men

Song Meaning of Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo

A single guitar plays a straightforward four-note riff several times in the song's opening moments, followed by the sounds of the bass, percussion, organ, rhythm guitar, and vocals.

Regarding the song, Rossi subsequently remarked, "I wrote it on the bog." I had gone there to avoid the wife and mother-in-law, not for the typical reasons. I used to enter this tiny, frizzing toilet and spend hours sitting there until they eventually left. In that khazi, I managed to finish three-quarters of the song. I completed the remainder in the lounge.

The paintings of Salford artist L. S. Lowry are the subject of the "matchstick men" allusion.

Their lone top-40 single in the US, the song peaked at number seven on the British charts, number eight in Canada, and number twelve on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Lyrics of Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo

When I look up to the skies

I see your eyes a funny kind of yellow

I rush home to bed I soak my head

I see your face underneath my pillow

I wake next morning tired still yawning

See your face come peeking through my window

Pictures of matchstick men and you

Mirages of matchstick men and you

All I ever see is them and you

Windows echo your reflection

When I look in their direction gone

When will this haunting stop

Your face it just wont leave me a-lone

Pictures of matchstick men and you

Mirages of matchstick men and you

All I ever see is them and you

You in the sky you with this guy you make men cry you lie

You in the sky you with this guy you make men cry you lie

Pictures of matchstick men,

Pictures of matchstick...