Take Your Carriage Clock and Shove It
Belle & Sebastian
Push Barman to Open Old Wounds (2005)

In the boardroom the quiet man

Takes a second to think what to do

He's out of his seat and he's starting to speak

And he hears his own voice



For years and years he's done nothin?

But bow down and put up with all their demands

She sits like a viper and offers the clock

Without giving a damn, he takes it



Honor forbids me but honor be damned

You have whined till you got what you want

I did the work and when things would go badly

You left us to rot



He locked the door of the boardroom

And turned like the scene from the old country song

Towering over the table he's lost

He is drunk with it all



You only came back to us when we'd turned it around

When we'd rescued your ass from the fire

Your contribution to all that we did

Was to say it was dire



Night after day after night, I've been working

Despite of you fuckin? us all

Now I'm gonna die, I don't care if you cry

Just please leave me alone



And spare those tears for yourself

We've had those till we're sick

You should leave

While you still have the chance



The others were shocked at this shameful disgrace

At the end of an honored career

He paused in the silence to pull down his tie

And observe the melee