A Different Song
[00:00.00]To The Victor The Spoils - Kate Tempest
[00:00.00]In Giuseppe's
[00:00.00]The tablecloths shine with wear
[00:02.00]The chairs are threadbare
[00:04.00]But look happy to be sitting there
[00:06.00]Becky's cashing up
[00:06.00]It's the end of her shift
[00:08.00]Her Uncle Ron's at the counter
[00:10.00]Drinking a Gin Fizz
[00:11.00]It's his place he gave her the work
[00:13.00]He's like a dad to her
[00:15.00]For better or worse
[00:16.00]For now
[00:17.00]He stabs at a lemon rind with a toothpick
[00:19.00]What's the matter
[00:20.00]Ron' Becky says
[00:21.00]Are you sick
[00:22.00]He shakes his head
[00:23.00]Says
[00:24.00]Troubles I got
[00:25.00]And she waits for more
[00:26.00]Focusing on a spot
[00:28.00]On the top of his head
[00:29.00]She ain't noticed before
[00:30.00]But suddenly her Uncle Rags
[00:32.00]Comes strutting through the door
[00:34.00]Becky sees that this means business
[00:37.00]Some things she ain't supposed to know
[00:39.00]Ron smiles at her with thin lips
[00:42.00]Right says Becky time I go
[00:45.00]Blood is thicker than ignorance
[00:47.00]Blood is richer than oil
[00:50.00]But love is what's truly significant
[00:53.00]To the victor the spoils
[00:57.00]To the kids who can toil
[00:59.00]To the kids who can work
[01:01.00]Know that nothing's worth shit
[01:03.00]Till it's difficult
[01:04.00]And nothing don't heal till it hurts
[01:07.00]They call him Rags
[01:08.00]Why
[01:08.00]Cause he leaves bodies in tatters
[01:10.00]Not the type of man to be flattered
[01:13.00]Eyes like patches on a blood stained mattress
[01:16.00]Taps on the window and it shatters
[01:18.00]For now he sits down heavily
[01:20.00]His voice is soft
[01:21.00]Some junior Joey trying to play boss
[01:24.00]Thought he could run a scam
[01:26.00]And now we lost about a key and a half
[01:28.00]Whatever
[01:28.00]A small cost to find a snake in the grass
[01:31.00]And yeah Pico ain't happy
[01:33.00]But you know well the game plays on
[01:36.00]We think the kid's called Harry
[01:39.00]But we might be wrong
[01:40.00]So we're looking for him yeah
[01:41.00]Well we were but it all got hot
[01:43.00]You know Pico's inside
[01:45.00]Too much eyes so we stopped
[01:46.00]Cut your losses
[01:47.00]But the bosses
[01:48.00]Would prefer some bodies
[01:49.00]I'm getting too old for that now
[01:51.00]I get my jollies
[01:52.00]Just sitting down fishing
[01:53.00]Yeah It's good to have a hobby
[01:55.00]Keeps you on your toes
[01:56.00]When your knees are getting wobbly
[01:58.00]So after all that
[01:59.00]Ron breathes out stale air
[02:01.00]There's no f**king panic
[02:02.00]Rags gets up Take care mate
[02:04.00]I got a date with a lady in Mayfair
[02:06.00]Put your knives away
[02:07.00]And let them stay there
[02:09.00]Blood is thicker than ignorance
[02:12.00]Blood is richer than oil
[02:14.00]But love is what's truly significant
[02:18.00]To the victor the spoils
[02:20.00]To the kids who can toil
[02:23.00]To the kids who can work
[02:26.00]Know that nothing's worth shit
[02:27.00]Till it's difficult
[02:29.00]And nothing don't heal till it hurts
[02:31.00]If I found this guy Harry
[02:33.00]Maybe Pico would be pleased
[02:34.00]Call my debts off
[02:35.00]And I could get up off my knees
[02:37.00]Ron looks around at the café that he loves
[02:40.00]Thinks how good it would be
[02:41.00]If he could wash off all the blood
[02:42.00]All that money from them grubby men
[02:44.00]He'd start again
[02:45.00]And spruce it up
[02:45.00]Call it Rebecca's
[02:47.00]In nice clear letters
[02:48.00]He pushes his mop across the floor
[02:51.00]And then he shakes his head as he locks the door
[02:54.00]Best be happy with the way things are
[02:57.00]It's not good to want for more