Lyrics
It's 10am on Bethcar Street!
Setting the scene at 10am on Bethcar Street.
It's 2022 and the times are in decline
Expressing the current state of 2022 with a negative outlook.
Boarded up shops are a sign of the times
Abandoned shops symbolizing challenging times.
Street is deserted except for a line
Empty street, except for a queue of dedicated daytime drinkers.
Of die-hard daytime drinkers
Describing the committed day drinkers in the line.
There's a bloke at the bar with a dog on a string
A man at the bar with a dog on a string, portraying a certain lifestyle.
Table 18 has started to sing
Table 18 starts singing, indicating a lively atmosphere.
Brexit propaganda adorns everything
Mention of Brexit propaganda as part of the environment.
The patriotic blinkers
Reference to patriotic blinkers, suggesting a narrow viewpoint.
A pillar of society
Describing someone as a pillar of society.
But not the last word in sobriety
Contrasting the person as not the epitome of sobriety.
A place for all likeminded folk
Highlighting the pub as a gathering place for like-minded individuals.
A character or two
Noting the presence of distinctive characters.
More gammon here than Dewhurst's
Comparing the number of outspoken individuals to a gammon shop.
More animals than the zoo
Emphasizing the diverse crowd, likening it to a zoo.
At four o'clock it all kicks off cos someone's jumped the queue
Conflict arises at 4 o'clock due to someone jumping the queue.
It's happy hour every hour at Spoons
Repetition emphasizing the continuous presence of happy hour at Spoons.
At spoons
-At spoons
-At spoons
-Take an old cinema and do it up good
Describing the refurbishment of an old cinema, naming it after a local figure.
A lick of builder's beige and twenty tons of wood
-Put some pretty pictures up and maybe then you should
-Name it after someone local
-There's ten teeth between them on table twenty nine
Describing the dental state of individuals at table twenty-nine.
Save a seat for Dave cause he drinks here all the time
Reserving a seat for Dave, a regular customer.
Tracey's on her seventh pint and now she does a line
Tracey reaches her seventh pint and becomes more vocal.
And now she gets very vocal
Highlighting Tracey's increased vocal expression.
A pillar of society
Reiteration of the pub as a place for like-minded individuals but not epitomizing sobriety.
But not the last word in sobriety
-SOBRIETY!
-A place for all likeminded folk
-A character or two
Noting the presence of distinctive characters in the pub.
More gammon here than Dewhurst's
Comparing the number of outspoken individuals to a gammon shop.
More animals than the zoo
Emphasizing the diverse crowd, likening it to a zoo.
At four o'clock it all kicks off cos someone's jumped the queue
Conflict arises at 4 o'clock due to someone jumping the queue.
It's happy hour every hour at Spoons
Repetition emphasizing the continuous presence of happy hour at Spoons.
At spoons
-At spoons
-At spoons
-SPOOOOONS!
Repetition with emphasis on the name "Spoons."
POOOOONS!
-OOOOONS!
-And the toilet's are surprisingly posh...
Highlighting the surprisingly posh nature of the toilets.
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