Atmosphere - The Rooster lyrics
[Atmosphere - The Rooster lyrics]
Blue collar Eddy and his better half Dolores
Used to be mantelpieces down
At the Black Forest
And I don't know if that bar still exists
But when it did
So did they a couple bleeding heart kids
Everything volatile, every night Vodka style
Hop a stool
Be discrete and just watch a while
But do your best to
Keep the level observational
Drama is attractive so push it
When it takes a pull
And each night's a random
When you've paid a ransom
For the right to sing along
With them drinking anthems
And these fools paid so many dues
That everybody stops to salute
But one night after another fight
A couple from an opposite
Table offered an invite
Dolores didn't want to join 'em
Wasn't feeling social
But Eddy was so aggravated that
He had to poke holes
He walked over, sat in the dialogue
And called at Dolores like some kind of dog
She can't believe it, she's done
She's had it but she doesn't want to make
Another scene in this establishment
She got up and moseyed over
And put her arm up around Eddy's shoulder
Nobody's sober, the song is the same
Sometimes you stick out your chin
To catch the rain
You could be a winner, you could be a loser
Gotta wake up when you hear the rooster
Sometimes it's just too simple to
Live your life wrong
Gotta do right for you when the time comes
The clock keeps drinking, they keep ticking
There's two more people who
Get to play positions
Samantha and Chuck, not a couple
Just roommates
Out having too many shots on a Tuesday
Who knew they'd be tools for the duo?
Put a little bit of fire on the fuel
It's a kind of blue, intentions ain't cruel
But everybody's so ready to
Bend up the rules
Now there's Chuck staring at Dolores
Eddy is distracted by Samantha
So he doesn't notice
And everybody's too fucked up
To even assess the mess
Much less care enough
More whiskey, a picture, a premium
Eddy's getting tipsy
He didn't see it coming
On his way back from a visit with that urinal
Tryna straighten out his thoughts
And the vertigo
Weaves through, stops when he seen 'em
Picture perfect, it looked just like freedom
Dolores on Chuck's lap kissing him hard
Eddy dipped into the winter
Left 'em all at the bar
Sometimes you got to follow
What's felt inside
Between the power struggles and selfish pride
No one's allowed to cry unfair
Because now they're both good
To drink alone somewhere
Used to be mantelpieces down
At the Black Forest
And I don't know if that bar still exists
But when it did
So did they a couple bleeding heart kids
Everything volatile, every night Vodka style
Hop a stool
Be discrete and just watch a while
But do your best to
Keep the level observational
Drama is attractive so push it
When it takes a pull
And each night's a random
When you've paid a ransom
For the right to sing along
With them drinking anthems
And these fools paid so many dues
That everybody stops to salute
But one night after another fight
A couple from an opposite
Table offered an invite
Dolores didn't want to join 'em
Wasn't feeling social
But Eddy was so aggravated that
He had to poke holes
He walked over, sat in the dialogue
And called at Dolores like some kind of dog
She can't believe it, she's done
She's had it but she doesn't want to make
Another scene in this establishment
She got up and moseyed over
And put her arm up around Eddy's shoulder
Nobody's sober, the song is the same
Sometimes you stick out your chin
To catch the rain
You could be a winner, you could be a loser
Gotta wake up when you hear the rooster
Sometimes it's just too simple to
Live your life wrong
Gotta do right for you when the time comes
The clock keeps drinking, they keep ticking
There's two more people who
Get to play positions
Samantha and Chuck, not a couple
Just roommates
Out having too many shots on a Tuesday
Who knew they'd be tools for the duo?
Put a little bit of fire on the fuel
It's a kind of blue, intentions ain't cruel
But everybody's so ready to
Bend up the rules
Now there's Chuck staring at Dolores
Eddy is distracted by Samantha
So he doesn't notice
And everybody's too fucked up
To even assess the mess
Much less care enough
More whiskey, a picture, a premium
Eddy's getting tipsy
He didn't see it coming
On his way back from a visit with that urinal
Tryna straighten out his thoughts
And the vertigo
Weaves through, stops when he seen 'em
Picture perfect, it looked just like freedom
Dolores on Chuck's lap kissing him hard
Eddy dipped into the winter
Left 'em all at the bar
Sometimes you got to follow
What's felt inside
Between the power struggles and selfish pride
No one's allowed to cry unfair
Because now they're both good
To drink alone somewhere