Late Night Tales

Filtering In one by one For some this is the highlight of the year Dan's been dragged along Grab a beer Slowly sip the beer Say hi to the receptionist Tell her she looks well The entry level rises Authority and evil Don't work past 5.15 Tonight everybody's equal Cathy from HR is at the bar Chewing the ear off her manager Meanwhile I'm outside unwillingly being supplied With late night tales from straight white males Listening Everybody's listening Eight people are dancing To Belinda Carlisle The alpha males Surround the dancefloor Sharpening their darts And now they take aim Their fingers twist Like ivy round a tree In an air-tight function room In Thornton Heath Cathy from HR is at the bar Chewing the ear off her manager Meanwhile I'm outside unwillingly being supplied With late night tales from straight white males In a micro-ecosystem the periscope has failed Walls are an illusion in the end, the serpents shed their scales Cathy leaves with her boss, smokes a quantum fag Now they are both fucking and not fucking, it's Shrodinger's shag