Barenaked Ladies - Bank Job lyrics
[Barenaked Ladies - Bank Job lyrics]
It was an upset in two minutes flat
We were back on the freeway, foot to the mat
I can't understand it we had it down pat
It's very upsetting
Could we leave it at that?
We all had positions we each had a role
We'd over-rehearsed it we had full control
They can't teach you acting
It's there in your soul
It's the same with a bank job
And each thing we stole
So I don't need attitude
Cause you knew just what to do
We all did our best now
We all need to rest now leave me alone
Wait by the phone
I was the driver you ran the show
You had the last word, the go or no go
I knew every laneway in Ontario
But it's not what you're sure of
It's what you don't know
It should have been filled
With the usual ones
Throwing their cash into mutual funds
We all had our ski
Masks and sawed-off shotguns
But how do you plan for a bank full of nuns?
Well, I guess we panicked -
We all have taboos and they were like zebras
They had us confused
We should be in condos with oceanfront views
Instead we're most-wanted on the
Six o'clock news
So I don't need attitude
Cause you knew just what to do
We all did our best now
We all need to rest now leave me alone
Wait by the phone
Inside the police car you tried to explain
Your crisis of conscience the
Voice in your brain
And now that the whole thing
Has gone down the drain
I think we all know who
Should shoulder the blame
Cause you made a choice there, almost sublime
I'm all for compassion, just not on my dime
You looked like an amateur
And that's the real crime
So I'll take a walk now, and you do the time
So I don't need attitude
Cause you knew just what to do
We all did our best now
We all need to rest now leave me alone
Wait by the phone
We all did our best now
We all need to rest now leave me alone
We all did our best now
We all need to rest now leave me alone
Leave me alone
We were back on the freeway, foot to the mat
I can't understand it we had it down pat
It's very upsetting
Could we leave it at that?
We all had positions we each had a role
We'd over-rehearsed it we had full control
They can't teach you acting
It's there in your soul
It's the same with a bank job
And each thing we stole
So I don't need attitude
Cause you knew just what to do
We all did our best now
We all need to rest now leave me alone
Wait by the phone
I was the driver you ran the show
You had the last word, the go or no go
I knew every laneway in Ontario
But it's not what you're sure of
It's what you don't know
It should have been filled
With the usual ones
Throwing their cash into mutual funds
We all had our ski
Masks and sawed-off shotguns
But how do you plan for a bank full of nuns?
Well, I guess we panicked -
We all have taboos and they were like zebras
They had us confused
We should be in condos with oceanfront views
Instead we're most-wanted on the
Six o'clock news
So I don't need attitude
Cause you knew just what to do
We all did our best now
We all need to rest now leave me alone
Wait by the phone
Inside the police car you tried to explain
Your crisis of conscience the
Voice in your brain
And now that the whole thing
Has gone down the drain
I think we all know who
Should shoulder the blame
Cause you made a choice there, almost sublime
I'm all for compassion, just not on my dime
You looked like an amateur
And that's the real crime
So I'll take a walk now, and you do the time
So I don't need attitude
Cause you knew just what to do
We all did our best now
We all need to rest now leave me alone
Wait by the phone
We all did our best now
We all need to rest now leave me alone
We all did our best now
We all need to rest now leave me alone
Leave me alone