Three Minute Limit

Standing at this open mike's like staring down the barrel of a gun Tune your guitar, head off into the bearpit, prepare yourself for the hit and run Saying "here are some little songs of mine Concoctions of rhythm and rhyme I hope you'll listen to my songs I won't detain you for too long Just ten minutes or so of your precious time Play us something we know", somebody groans So we can carry on talking and playing with our phones Wonderwall,Valerie, Britney Spears Then we might listen out of the corner of our ears But all too soon we'll let you know We've reached our 3 minute limit, our 3 minute limit So off you go At first we might appear to be listening to what's going on But don't expect our attention span to last until the end of the song The amplifier starts to feed back As you start to lose your track Determined you still perservere Think "what on earth am I doing here Trying to compete with this wall of clack Play us something we know", somebody groans So we can carry on talking and playing with our phones Wonderwall,Valerie, Britney Spears Then we might listen out of the corner of our ears But all too soon we'll let you know We've reached our 3 minute limit, our 3 minute limit So off you go Let's switch up the volume to full to try to compete But pissed up we all just shout louder with wall to wall gobble and tweet At the end of this total lost cause You might get a ripple of applause When "Oh my God" someone screams As something pops up on their screens You wonder why did you ever walk through these doors Play us something we know", somebody groans So we can carry on talking and playing with our phones Wonderwall,Valerie, Britney Spears Then we might listen out of the corner of our ears But all too soon we'll let you know We've reached our 3 minute limit, our 3 minute limit So off you go