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Glasses
Lean back, bend your knees
Listen to him, do what he says
Better lose your pride cos you can't stand tall
Nothing but the dance floor to break your fall
Glass machine
Filled then empty
First time round, things are going easy
One small stack of glasses and a torch so you can see
I can't believe that guy, he's too drunk already
But its just past 12, starts to get busy
Glass machine
Filled then empty
Second time round starts getting heavy
How the fuck has the bar nearly ran out already
Mops in the cupboard, he's got the key
Into the toilet and clean up the whitey
Glass machine
Filled then empty
Broken Glass on the floor that's your responsibility
Calm down man I didn't mean to knock ye
And I wouldn't be standing here if you could handle the challenge
Of not acting like a cunt who’s got two left hands
Glass machine
Filled then empty
Why don't you just put it on the table?
Or on the end of the bar? In fact better still
Just don't drop them on the floor then drunkenly dance around me
Yes that was my face that just connected with your knee
Glass machine
filled then empty
Third time round, gets a little crazy
But I'm ignoring the things that are starting to get to me
Like that strobe light that makes it impossible to see!
Shouldn't that be health and safety? Why the fuck are they even in here?!
Glass machine
Filled then empty
Don't forget the back bar singles are going steady
Two empty pints with ice they're for the DJ
I wish these student pricks would just stop drinking already
Why the fuck are the booze only 1.50 on a Tuesday?!
Glass machine
Filled then empty
But the best advantage is that time passes quickly
It’s quieting down the nights nearly all ended
We’ve sold all the drunks drinks now the drinks have been drunk
But it’s been some fucking job picking them up
Listening to techno and watching students take ecstasy
I’ll get home at half 4 and sleep like a baby
Glass machine
Emptied it’s over.
But even with heat and the noise and the pressure
I’m telling you still it’s a thousand times better
Than working in a call centre, for House of Fraser.
Listen to him, do what he says
Better lose your pride cos you can't stand tall
Nothing but the dance floor to break your fall
Glass machine
Filled then empty
First time round, things are going easy
One small stack of glasses and a torch so you can see
I can't believe that guy, he's too drunk already
But its just past 12, starts to get busy
Glass machine
Filled then empty
Second time round starts getting heavy
How the fuck has the bar nearly ran out already
Mops in the cupboard, he's got the key
Into the toilet and clean up the whitey
Glass machine
Filled then empty
Broken Glass on the floor that's your responsibility
Calm down man I didn't mean to knock ye
And I wouldn't be standing here if you could handle the challenge
Of not acting like a cunt who’s got two left hands
Glass machine
Filled then empty
Why don't you just put it on the table?
Or on the end of the bar? In fact better still
Just don't drop them on the floor then drunkenly dance around me
Yes that was my face that just connected with your knee
Glass machine
filled then empty
Third time round, gets a little crazy
But I'm ignoring the things that are starting to get to me
Like that strobe light that makes it impossible to see!
Shouldn't that be health and safety? Why the fuck are they even in here?!
Glass machine
Filled then empty
Don't forget the back bar singles are going steady
Two empty pints with ice they're for the DJ
I wish these student pricks would just stop drinking already
Why the fuck are the booze only 1.50 on a Tuesday?!
Glass machine
Filled then empty
But the best advantage is that time passes quickly
It’s quieting down the nights nearly all ended
We’ve sold all the drunks drinks now the drinks have been drunk
But it’s been some fucking job picking them up
Listening to techno and watching students take ecstasy
I’ll get home at half 4 and sleep like a baby
Glass machine
Emptied it’s over.
But even with heat and the noise and the pressure
I’m telling you still it’s a thousand times better
Than working in a call centre, for House of Fraser.
Published 31st Oct 2013
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31st Oct 2013 9:27am
It's 530 AM in my part of the world yet this made me yearn for a pint in a dark bar somewhere ... So cool.
Your pace in the reading adds to the tension of the piece ... but you skipped a stanza, overall still works.
LSP
Your pace in the reading adds to the tension of the piece ... but you skipped a stanza, overall still works.
LSP
31st Oct 2013 8:49pm
ha ha totally! didn't realise until I uploaded it, aw well ha ha cheers!
6th Nov 2013 2:45am
Your voice is extraordinary. I agree with the above comment, your pacing speaks volumes in itself.
11th Nov 2013 12:40pm
Like it man,
You captured it well.
It's nice as I didn't know what point of view you were coming from until like 3/4s of the way through.
Nice work. It worked real nice on the stanza you slowed down on.
You captured it well.
It's nice as I didn't know what point of view you were coming from until like 3/4s of the way through.
Nice work. It worked real nice on the stanza you slowed down on.
15th Feb 2014 6:56pm
