Pizza Man Blues
Pizza Man Blues: A Musical Journey through Financial Struggles and Pizza Runs
Lyrics
It's Friday night and I realised I should be on the road.
Feeling the need to hit the road on Friday night.
Heading out from the hotel to play the next big show.
Heading to the next big show from a hotel.
But the crisis trashed and there ain't no way to travel.
Crisis hinders travel plans; financial situation is deteriorating.
Started to feel my finances unravel.
Financial difficulties becoming apparent.
I went down to the market square, to the great new pizza store.
Visiting a pizza store in the market square.
The rivals of the company where I once worked before.
Reflecting on a previous job at a rival pizza company.
Now I'm running round town, in my creaky old Ford.
Driving around town in an old Ford.
I haven't gone crazy yet although I'm missing the chords.
Despite challenges, sanity is intact but missing musical chords.
World's not the same, all confusion. Some locations, just illusion.
Observing a changed world with confusion and some places merely illusions.
Pay me my dough, back to my pizza roots.
Expressing the need for payment related to pizza.
Pay me my dough, wearing out tyres and my boots.
Emphasizing the hard work and wear on tires and boots for earning.
(Giving me pizza blues, nothing left to lose.)
Experiencing the blues with nothing left to lose.
Only gig in town to pay some kind of dues.
Performing in the only available gig to pay dues.
Rooty toot toot, I've got the pizza man blues.
Expressing the blues in a lively manner with a catchy phrase.
On my very first working day, I made a few mistakes.
Recalling mistakes on the first working day as a pizza delivery person.
I took the wrong order and they thought I was a fake.
Misunderstood as a fake due to a wrong pizza order.
I went to addresses that I thought I had missed.
Attempting to deliver to addresses that don't exist.
20 minutes racking my brain, but they didn't exist.
Frustrated by the non-existence of certain addresses.
Got sent to the barracks and the guards pulled out their guns.
Encountering a serious situation at the barracks but emphasizing innocence.
I said I ain't got explosives, I'm just on the pizza run.
Describing the challenging circumstances of delivering pizzas in a crime-affected area.
Only one way left now for me to make a crust.
Exploring the limited options to make a living.
All the other avenues are down and bust.
All other opportunities are unsuccessful or closed.
Crime wave town, robbers rule the roost. Stopped by cops, no ego boost.
Depicting a town under the control of criminals and negative encounters with law enforcement.
In the grip of a great depression with a heavy dose of plague.
Describing a challenging situation with economic depression and the impact of a plague.
People still gotta eat, even in these desperate days.
Highlighting the necessity of eating even in difficult times.
I'm stuck inside this city, feeling pretty nitty gritty.
Feeling trapped in the city, working hard and facing gritty circumstances.
Working like a horse, sweating red tomato sauce.
Working tirelessly, likening the effort to sweating red tomato sauce.
Keep keeping on, situation change. Working for John, his new vegan range.
Persisting in the situation, working for someone named John and mentioning a new vegan range.
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