Solar Powered Lyrics

i took two coffees to table five a couple of guys who'd been dancing at a club called 'the man alive' one of them looked at me and said "weren't you once on tv back in 1985" i set his coffee down and spilled some in the saucer he said "you must resent this job" i said "of course but i don't mind working here it's not like a career but i get to see the sunrise and it pays three pound an hour and i've yet to see a sunrise and not get a charge i'm a pocket calculator i'm solar powered" i returned to the espresso machine scolded my hand in a jet of steam got so angry i went back and tipped a coffee in the fucker's lap made him scream then he looked so pathetic and being a waiter i had to be apologetic working here is not so far from trying to be a star 'cause you get to see the sunrise... i planned to move to texas 'cause i wanted to start again i wanted to learn to write those country and western tunes the ones that go dum diddle, dum diddle ay aee dum diddle dumdiddle ay aee i found some work in a bar it doesn't matter where you are if you get to see the sunrise and it pays three pounds an hour