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Your Way

from Toynbee Tile by Dan Cooper

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Billy mops the floor for the last time
Locks the door for the last time
Takes off his hat, combs his hair back
Says “You have to be told to care not asked”

Sees a seseme seed on the street
Sits on a bench, starts to read
The leaflet that’s been handed him
Focus starts to drift to a pigeon

Am I no longer worth my badge
Can’t tell me what to do, you’re not my Dad
Show must continue
So what’s the issue

How can no-body want you
When you’re on the menu
Was my career just a game of roulette
Gun to my head, with the time as the bullet

Sun set over the shopping arcade
Billy checks if he’s been paid
His memories in retrograde
Will he ever trust again

Now I tempt tact instead of relax
Have it your way
Now I step back when you need a catch
Have it your way
Now I check facts when you’re adament
Have It your way
How did I ever get so attached
Have It your way

Now I tempt tact instead of relax
Have it your way
Now I step back when you need a catch
Have it your way
Now I check facts when you’re adament
Have It your way
How did I ever get so attached
Have It your way

Billy opens the door to his flat
Slams it shut, greets the cat
Takes his hat out his bag
And throws it on the couch

Stretches out and grabs the remote
Local news, it’s hard to swallow
All he sees is rendundancy
Starts to cry in front of the TV

Am I no longer worth my badge
Can’t tell me what to do, you’re not my Dad
Show must continue
So what’s the issue

How can no-body want you
When you’re on the menu
My career as a flacid asset
A burn in my gut like stomach acid

Now he can see the game
Dedicated days to the chain
Underground king of the public domain
Their loss will be Bily’s gain

Now I tempt tact instead of relax
Have it your way
Now I step back when you need a catch
Have it your way
Now I check facts when you’re adament
Have It your way
How did we ever get so attached
Have It your way

Now when asked I feel taxed
Have it your way
Not enough cash in a rough patch
Have it your way
I’m prepared for a rematch
Have It your way
How did I ever get so attached
Have It your way

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from Toynbee Tile, released May 1, 2020

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