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Orwell's essay of ' The moon underwater' - was nothing like this.

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10o’clock, here’s the suicide squad
down at Wetherspoons.
Coffee fills the air cos it’s advertised
A pot is bubbling on the side.
At eleven o’clock here come the football boys, town’s at home today
There’s a guy with an hole in his jacket on the bandit
and he’s happy while he’s throwing all his money away.
The bars’ getting busy, it’s dinnertime
Now they drink coffee some chat over wine
And the staff are running round on minimum wage.
At 2 o’clock you can see the noise, the calm before the storm
The football boys announce their departure and arrival with a song here we go, here we go here we go
The Wi-Fi is free; some have two phones one is for work and another for home
Now we all get to spend more time together alone.
Every time I go to a Wetherspoons, I wonder what it used to be,
A cinema, a swimming pool an opera house, the pictures on the wall will tell me.
There’s a quote on the wall, control the past control the present
No use for cash, people pay with their phones order food with an app
Now they got ya details, you’ve just been had
Every time I go to a Wetherspoons, I see Orwell spin in his grave, cos the moon under water’s nothing like it oughta be.
At 6 o’clock there’s a change of staff
There’s a change in mood when a glass is smashed
on a big TV you can see the results
Town have lost again, at the bar there’s a scuffle
But there’s normally trouble, win or lose or a draw
There’s nothing to see, your life’s on repeat
You got 8 more hours on your feet
So ignore the abuse you’ve got targets to meet
You got punters to serve and a shithouse to clean
There’s a row about the beer mats
48 and the 52
That’s hardly the many and it’s barely the few
The night gets longer the stories get taller
As the drinks get smaller, it seems everyone gets louder
Then the hens lift the spirits when they arrive
But it comes to an end with sirens and blues lights

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from Tales of Layton Rakes, released December 10, 2021
Lyrics - A.Hawkins
Music - Star Botherers
Recorded-mixed-mastered and produced by J.Howe

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Star Botherers - 5 piece band based in Warsop - Notts -

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