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Intro

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 nothing but bear down, and put up with all their demands;

 She sits like a viper and offers a clock without giving a damn...He takes it;

"Honour forbids me, but honour be damned, you have wined till you got what you want;

I did the work and when things were going badly you left us to rot";

Bridge

, etc.

He locked the door of the boardroom and turned, like the scene from the old country song;

Towering over the table he is lost; he is drunk with it all:

 "You only came back to us when we'd turned it around, when we'd rescued your arse from the fire;

Your contribution to all that we did is to say it was dire"

Bridge 2

, etc.

"Night after day after night I've been working, despite of you fucking us all;

Now I'm going to 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

the chance";

 The others were shocked at this shameful display at the end of an hounoured career;

 He paused in the silence to pull down his tie and observe the melee.

R. T. Devitt