I took two coffees to table five
A couple of guys who'd been dancing
At a club called 'the man alive'
One of them looked at me and said
"weren't you once on tv
Back in 1985"
I set his coffee down
And spilled some in the saucer
He said "you must resent this job"
I said "of course
But I don't mind working here
It's not like a career
But I get to see the sunrise
And it pays three pound an hour
And i've yet to see a sunrise
And not get a charge
I'm a pocket calculator
I'm solar powered"
I returned to the espresso machine
Scolded my hand in a jet of steam
Got so angry I went back
And tipped a coffee in the fucker's lap
Made him scream
Then he looked so pathetic
And being a waiter
I had to be apologetic
Working here is not so far
From trying to be a star
'cause you get to see the sunrise...
I planned to move to texas
'cause I wanted to start again
I wanted to learn to write those
Country and western tunes
The ones that go dum diddle, dum diddle ay aee
Dum diddle dumdiddle ay aee
I found some work in a bar
It doesn't matter where you are
If you get to see the sunrise
And it pays three pounds an hour