Standard (EADGBE)
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