To The Victor The Spoils Lyrics

Song	To The Victor The Spoils
Artist	Kate Tempest
Album	Everybody Down
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[00:00.16]	In Giuseppe’s
[00:00.99]	The tablecloths *******ne with wear
[00:02.65]	The chairs are threadbare
[00:04.19]	But look happy to be sitting there
[00:05.81]	Becky’s ca*******ng up
[00:06.95]	It’s the end of her *******ft
[00:08.30]	Her Uncle Ron’s at the counter
[00:09.71]	Drinking a Gin Fizz
[00:11.02]	It’s his place, he gave her the work
[00:13.68]	He’s like a dad to her
[00:15.16]	For better or worse
[00:16.61]	For now, he stabs at a lemon rind with a toothpick
[00:19.47]	‘What’s the matter, Ron,’ Becky says
[00:21.19]	‘Are you sick?’
[00:22.41]	He shakes his head, says ‘Troubles I got…’
[00:25.63]	And she waits for more
[00:26.51]	Focusing on a spot
[00:28.06]	On the top of his head
[00:29.37]	She ain’t noticed before
[00:30.72]	But suddenly her Uncle Rags
[00:32.08]	Comes strutting through the door
[00:33.52]	Becky sees that this means business
[00:36.57]	Some things she ain’t supposed to know
[00:39.19]	Ron smiles at her with thin lips
[00:42.33]	‘Right,’ says Becky, ‘time I go.’
[00:43.69]	Blood is thicker than ignorance
[00:47.34]	Blood is richer than oil
[00:50.00]	But love is what’s truly significant
[00:53.14]	To the victor the spoils
[00:56.13]	To the kids who can toil
[00:59.33]	To the kids who can work
[01:01.99]	Know that nothing’s worth *******t ‘til it’s difficult
[01:04.19]	And nothing don’t heal ‘til it hurts
[01:07.59]	They call him Rags
[01:08.23]	Why?
[01:08.88]	‘Cause he leaves bodies in tatters
[01:10.18]	Not the type of man to be flattered
[01:12.66]	Eyes like patches on a blood stained mattress
[01:15.83]	Taps on the window and it shatters
[01:18.43]	For now he sits down heavily
[01:20.10]	His voice is soft
[01:21.23]	‘Some junior, Joey, trying to play boss
[01:24.00]	Thought he could run a scam
[01:25.56]	And now we lost about a key and a half
[01:28.88]	Whatever, a small cost to find a snake in the grass
[01:31.08]	And, yeah, Pico ain’t happy
[01:32.54]	But, you know, well, the game plays on
[01:35.89]	We think the kid’s called Harry
[01:38.54]	But we might be wrong.’
[01:40.55]	‘So we’re looking for him, yeah?’
[01:41.79]	‘Well, we were but it all got hot
[01:43.60]	You know, Pico’s inside
[01:44.76]	Too much eyes, so we stopped
[01:46.59]	Cut your losses
[01:47.44]	But the bosses
[01:48.10]	Would prefer some bodies
[01:49.34]	I’m getting too old for that now
[01:50.68]	I get my jollies
[01:52.31]	Just sitting down fi*******ng
[01:53.70]	Yeah, It’s good to have a hobby
[01:55.06]	Keeps you on your toes
[01:56.51]	When your knees are getting wobbly.’
[01:58.01]	‘So after all that,’
[01:59.12]	Ron breathes out stale air
[02:00.78]	‘There’s no ******* panic?!’
[02:02.28]	Rags gets up. ‘Take care mate
[02:04.33]	I got a date with a lady in Mayfair
[02:06.08]	Put your knives away
[02:07.86]	And let them stay there.’
[02:09.34]	Blood is thicker than ignorance
[02:11.97]	Blood is richer than oil
[02:14.41]	But love is what’s truly significant
[02:17.11]	To the victor the spoils
[02:20.58]	To the kids who can toil
[02:23.45]	To the kids who can work
[02:26.37]	Know that nothing’s worth *******t ‘til it’s difficult
[02:28.49]	And nothing don’t heal ‘til it hurts
[02:31.88]	If I found this guy Harry
[02:33.07]	Maybe Pico would be pleased?
[02:34.44]	Call my debts off
[02:35.73]	And I could get up off my knees?
[02:37.33]	Ron looks around at the café that he loves
[02:40.10]	Thinks how good it would be
[02:41.52]	If he could wash off all the blood
[02:42.84]	All that money from them grubby men
[02:44.64]	He’d start again
[02:45.37]	And spruce it up
[02:46.08]	Call it ‘Rebecca’s’
[02:46.93]	In nice clear letters
[02:48.56]	He pushes his mop across the floor
[02:51.07]	And then he shakes his head as he locks the door
[02:53.99]	Best be happy with the way things are
[02:57.02]	It’s not good to want for more

[00:00.16]	In Giuseppe' s
[00:00.99]	The tablecloths ne with wear
[00:02.65]	The chairs are threadbare
[00:04.19]	But look happy to be sitting there
[00:05.81]	Becky' s ca ng up
[00:06.95]	It' s the end of her ft
[00:08.30]	Her Uncle Ron' s at the counter
[00:09.71]	Drinking a Gin Fizz
[00:11.02]	It' s his place, he gave her the work
[00:13.68]	He' s like a dad to her
[00:15.16]	For better or worse
[00:16.61]	For now, he stabs at a lemon rind with a toothpick
[00:19.47]	' What' s the matter, Ron,' Becky says
[00:21.19]	' Are you sick?'
[00:22.41]	He shakes his head, says ' Troubles I got'
[00:25.63]	And she waits for more
[00:26.51]	Focusing on a spot
[00:28.06]	On the top of his head
[00:29.37]	She ain' t noticed before
[00:30.72]	But suddenly her Uncle Rags
[00:32.08]	Comes strutting through the door
[00:33.52]	Becky sees that this means business
[00:36.57]	Some things she ain' t supposed to know
[00:39.19]	Ron smiles at her with thin lips
[00:42.33]	' Right,' says Becky, ' time I go.'
[00:43.69]	Blood is thicker than ignorance
[00:47.34]	Blood is richer than oil
[00:50.00]	But love is what' s truly significant
[00:53.14]	To the victor the spoils
[00:56.13]	To the kids who can toil
[00:59.33]	To the kids who can work
[01:01.99]	Know that nothing' s worth t ' til it' s difficult
[01:04.19]	And nothing don' t heal ' til it hurts
[01:07.59]	They call him Rags
[01:08.23]	Why?
[01:08.88]	' Cause he leaves bodies in tatters
[01:10.18]	Not the type of man to be flattered
[01:12.66]	Eyes like patches on a blood stained mattress
[01:15.83]	Taps on the window and it shatters
[01:18.43]	For now he sits down heavily
[01:20.10]	His voice is soft
[01:21.23]	' Some junior, Joey, trying to play boss
[01:24.00]	Thought he could run a scam
[01:25.56]	And now we lost about a key and a half
[01:28.88]	Whatever, a small cost to find a snake in the grass
[01:31.08]	And, yeah, Pico ain' t happy
[01:32.54]	But, you know, well, the game plays on
[01:35.89]	We think the kid' s called Harry
[01:38.54]	But we might be wrong.'
[01:40.55]	' So we' re looking for him, yeah?'
[01:41.79]	' Well, we were but it all got hot
[01:43.60]	You know, Pico' s inside
[01:44.76]	Too much eyes, so we stopped
[01:46.59]	Cut your losses
[01:47.44]	But the bosses
[01:48.10]	Would prefer some bodies
[01:49.34]	I' m getting too old for that now
[01:50.68]	I get my jollies
[01:52.31]	Just sitting down fi ng
[01:53.70]	Yeah, It' s good to have a hobby
[01:55.06]	Keeps you on your toes
[01:56.51]	When your knees are getting wobbly.'
[01:58.01]	' So after all that,'
[01:59.12]	Ron breathes out stale air
[02:00.78]	' There' s no panic?!'
[02:02.28]	Rags gets up. ' Take care mate
[02:04.33]	I got a date with a lady in Mayfair
[02:06.08]	Put your knives away
[02:07.86]	And let them stay there.'
[02:09.34]	Blood is thicker than ignorance
[02:11.97]	Blood is richer than oil
[02:14.41]	But love is what' s truly significant
[02:17.11]	To the victor the spoils
[02:20.58]	To the kids who can toil
[02:23.45]	To the kids who can work
[02:26.37]	Know that nothing' s worth t ' til it' s difficult
[02:28.49]	And nothing don' t heal ' til it hurts
[02:31.88]	If I found this guy Harry
[02:33.07]	Maybe Pico would be pleased?
[02:34.44]	Call my debts off
[02:35.73]	And I could get up off my knees?
[02:37.33]	Ron looks around at the cafe that he loves
[02:40.10]	Thinks how good it would be
[02:41.52]	If he could wash off all the blood
[02:42.84]	All that money from them grubby men
[02:44.64]	He' d start again
[02:45.37]	And spruce it up
[02:46.08]	Call it ' Rebecca' s'
[02:46.93]	In nice clear letters
[02:48.56]	He pushes his mop across the floor
[02:51.07]	And then he shakes his head as he locks the door
[02:53.99]	Best be happy with the way things are
[02:57.02]	It' s not good to want for more

[00:00.16]	In Giuseppe' s
[00:00.99]	The tablecloths ne with wear
[00:02.65]	The chairs are threadbare
[00:04.19]	But look happy to be sitting there
[00:05.81]	Becky' s ca ng up
[00:06.95]	It' s the end of her ft
[00:08.30]	Her Uncle Ron' s at the counter
[00:09.71]	Drinking a Gin Fizz
[00:11.02]	It' s his place, he gave her the work
[00:13.68]	He' s like a dad to her
[00:15.16]	For better or worse
[00:16.61]	For now, he stabs at a lemon rind with a toothpick
[00:19.47]	' What' s the matter, Ron,' Becky says
[00:21.19]	' Are you sick?'
[00:22.41]	He shakes his head, says ' Troubles I got'
[00:25.63]	And she waits for more
[00:26.51]	Focusing on a spot
[00:28.06]	On the top of his head
[00:29.37]	She ain' t noticed before
[00:30.72]	But suddenly her Uncle Rags
[00:32.08]	Comes strutting through the door
[00:33.52]	Becky sees that this means business
[00:36.57]	Some things she ain' t supposed to know
[00:39.19]	Ron smiles at her with thin lips
[00:42.33]	' Right,' says Becky, ' time I go.'
[00:43.69]	Blood is thicker than ignorance
[00:47.34]	Blood is richer than oil
[00:50.00]	But love is what' s truly significant
[00:53.14]	To the victor the spoils
[00:56.13]	To the kids who can toil
[00:59.33]	To the kids who can work
[01:01.99]	Know that nothing' s worth t ' til it' s difficult
[01:04.19]	And nothing don' t heal ' til it hurts
[01:07.59]	They call him Rags
[01:08.23]	Why?
[01:08.88]	' Cause he leaves bodies in tatters
[01:10.18]	Not the type of man to be flattered
[01:12.66]	Eyes like patches on a blood stained mattress
[01:15.83]	Taps on the window and it shatters
[01:18.43]	For now he sits down heavily
[01:20.10]	His voice is soft
[01:21.23]	' Some junior, Joey, trying to play boss
[01:24.00]	Thought he could run a scam
[01:25.56]	And now we lost about a key and a half
[01:28.88]	Whatever, a small cost to find a snake in the grass
[01:31.08]	And, yeah, Pico ain' t happy
[01:32.54]	But, you know, well, the game plays on
[01:35.89]	We think the kid' s called Harry
[01:38.54]	But we might be wrong.'
[01:40.55]	' So we' re looking for him, yeah?'
[01:41.79]	' Well, we were but it all got hot
[01:43.60]	You know, Pico' s inside
[01:44.76]	Too much eyes, so we stopped
[01:46.59]	Cut your losses
[01:47.44]	But the bosses
[01:48.10]	Would prefer some bodies
[01:49.34]	I' m getting too old for that now
[01:50.68]	I get my jollies
[01:52.31]	Just sitting down fi ng
[01:53.70]	Yeah, It' s good to have a hobby
[01:55.06]	Keeps you on your toes
[01:56.51]	When your knees are getting wobbly.'
[01:58.01]	' So after all that,'
[01:59.12]	Ron breathes out stale air
[02:00.78]	' There' s no panic?!'
[02:02.28]	Rags gets up. ' Take care mate
[02:04.33]	I got a date with a lady in Mayfair
[02:06.08]	Put your knives away
[02:07.86]	And let them stay there.'
[02:09.34]	Blood is thicker than ignorance
[02:11.97]	Blood is richer than oil
[02:14.41]	But love is what' s truly significant
[02:17.11]	To the victor the spoils
[02:20.58]	To the kids who can toil
[02:23.45]	To the kids who can work
[02:26.37]	Know that nothing' s worth t ' til it' s difficult
[02:28.49]	And nothing don' t heal ' til it hurts
[02:31.88]	If I found this guy Harry
[02:33.07]	Maybe Pico would be pleased?
[02:34.44]	Call my debts off
[02:35.73]	And I could get up off my knees?
[02:37.33]	Ron looks around at the café that he loves
[02:40.10]	Thinks how good it would be
[02:41.52]	If he could wash off all the blood
[02:42.84]	All that money from them grubby men
[02:44.64]	He' d start again
[02:45.37]	And spruce it up
[02:46.08]	Call it ' Rebecca' s'
[02:46.93]	In nice clear letters
[02:48.56]	He pushes his mop across the floor
[02:51.07]	And then he shakes his head as he locks the door
[02:53.99]	Best be happy with the way things are
[02:57.02]	It' s not good to want for more

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