"Last Orders For Gary Stead" lyrics

"Last Orders For Gary Stead"

Tempers fraying in the hat and fan
Gets so hot in there, even in November
Heated words from slicked-back hair
It's too small a world for some people to share

Now Gary stares at an empty chair
Told her "five, or ten, and he'd join her out there"
Not again, she's not going in
She just sighs...

It's only half nine
There's time
Time for drinking
And still
More time
'Til he gets to thinking of her

She's in
Two minds
Maybe she'll board up her door

He's into pints
And that's how it goes

It's guaranteed he's a funny man
You can bet your life that he'll bring the house down
Always plays such a winning hand
He just cools it down
They should knight him for it

But outside
His former wife
Starts a solo drive
She's so tired of waiting
When he crawls in
Will she give him a surprise?

It's only half nine
There's time
Time for drinking
And still
More time
'Til he gets to thinking of her

She's in
Two minds
Maybe she'll board up her door

He's into pints
And that's how it goes


Writer(s): Bob Stanley, Peter Stewart Wiggs
album: "Tales From Turnpike House" (2005)
Saint Etienne - Tales From Turnpike House album cover
Bird Man Of Ec1
(Instrumental)
Murder In E Minor
(Instrumental)
Take Me Home (On A Pushbike)
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Another Cup Of Coffee
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
School Run
(Instrumental)
You Can Judge A Book By Its Cover
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Who Pays The Rent
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Woodhenge
(Instrumental)
Got A Job
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Must Be More
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Holiday Song
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
The Leyton Art Inferno
(Instrumental)
Missing Persons Bureau
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Inside The Hive
(Instrumental)
Aqualad
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Book Norton
(Instrumental)
Quiet Essex
(Instrumental)
You Can Count On Me
(UK Limited Edition Bonus Track)
Barnyard Brouhaha
(Instrumental)
Let's Build A Zoo
(UK Limited Edition Bonus Track)
Excitation
(UK Limited Edition Bonus Track)
Bedfordshire
(Instrumental)
Night Owl
(UK Limited Edition Bonus Track)
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