Payday In The Village lyrics

now maria, she is a teller
down at the savings and loan
most of the days
she finds different ways
to kill time while she sits alone
but it`s tuesday and the fifteenth
tonight is the night of the bash
the workers of town
plow the bank doors down
to get all their paychecks cashed

it`s payday in the village
the house band is a playing
don`t plan for tomorrow
`cuz everybody`s staying

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overnight at the pirate`s patch
you won`t believe the buzz you`ll catch
it don`t come through drink
it don`t come through smoke
it comes through the joy of the village folk

now alonzo, he is a foreman
up at the ferguson plant
from eight until four
he will shell out the chores
his laborers sulk `cuz they can`t
but it`s mid-month and a tuesday
tonight at the patch they`ll be found
celebrated and vindicated
`cuz alonzo will pick up their rounds

devil trumpets blowing
angel choirs singing
don`t call on the telephone
`cuz we won`t hear the ringing

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now alonzo and maria
me about half past nine
he makes a deal to pick up the meal
if she will just pick up the wine
there`s a big line at the nightclub
it winds down the neighborhood block
the manager thinks
and he hopes they will drink
`cuz he`s kept twice the beer in stock

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