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Late for Work Lyrics by Bird Casino

Gifts for Ev’ry Squid

2019

I saw xenomorphs in cargo shorts
At the Moustache Mercantile
Posing with their Yeti coolers and guesstimating
How much cubic human they could fit in
For the wormhole journey home —
Gotta pack gifts for every squid or be burnt alive
In the Forge of Zarfan
It's not your usual jam
No, I'm not extenuating
You just asked, so I'm explaining
That's why I'm late for work
That's why I'm late for work
I know it sounds just like a plot
But I was there and you were not
That's why I'm late for work
That's why I'm late for work
I know I put you on the spot
But I almost became a flesh croissant
I detoured for a power drink to carbonate my stride
But when I popped the top a thousand rabbits spurted high
They said, "We are the lagomorphs of fertility
And you have been a laggard!
You've issued not, so we'll eat your soul —
Unless, by chance, perhaps, you might be packing carrots?"
I'm glad to say I did possess them, my pagan shield of vegetation
That's why I'm late for work
That's why I'm late for work
I know you are a skeptic lot
But I lived it and you have not
That's why I'm late for work
That's why I'm late for work
Step aside you tater tot
Or you might get the luck I've got
You can't fire me, cuz you've got no grease in your spoon
That's why I slide in at noon
You've got no grease in your spoon!
Jumped aboard Cap Metro and squeezed between a crew
Of furloughs from the halfway house with matching neck tattoos
If you're halfway home from the halfway house
Are you then three-quarters home?
We did the math and shared a laugh
And read each other's poems
That's why I'm late for work
That's why I'm late for work
I know I tend to lose the plot
It's only 'cause I care a lot
That's why I'm late for work
That's why I'm late for work
Wind it down, Sir Clock o' the Walk
You sunless dial, you tepid pot
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Bird Casino

Bird Casino

About “Late for Work” by Bird Casino

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