[00:29.57]‘Everybody Down!
[00:30.79]He’ll be here in a second, I reckon’
[00:32.88]And Becky beckoned them round
[00:34.35]And made them get on their knees
[00:35.17]Behind the bar
[00:36.78]They held their breath
[00:37.24]And stifled giggles
[00:37.90]Crouched down
[00:38.58]Like a twenty-headed beast
[00:39.42]That writhed and wriggled
[00:40.47]‘Happy Birthday, Pete!
[00:42.05]Another year older, eh?’
[00:43.29]‘I never expected a thing
[00:44.63]I don’t know what to say.’
[00:46.00]Harry couldn’t look at the way
[00:47.41]Pete held Becky’s hands
[00:48.71]Still he passed him a beer and said
[00:50.06]‘Well, there you go, big man.’
[01:02.70]‘Harry, this is Ron
[01:03.59]Ron, this is Harry, my brother
[01:05.69]You guys should really talk to one another
[01:07.70]Ron runs the caff and
[01:09.43]Harry’s starting up a place up of his own if he can.’
[01:12.08]They raised their glasses up
[01:13.52]‘Good to meet you, Ron.’
[01:14.64]‘Ah, pleasure’s all mine.’
[01:15.72]Ron looks into Harry’s eyes and recognises how they shine
[01:18.38]Harry. He says the name to himself
[01:21.26]Before he’s led away and introduced to someone else
[01:30.21]‘Becky, this is Dale,’
[01:30.92]Pete’s drunk now, warm inside
[01:32.09]Dale’s awkward with a sort of
[01:33.78]Distorted and cautious pride on his face
[01:35.58]‘Actually, we’ve met’
[01:36.83]‘Really? I’m sorry,’ says Becky
[01:38.20]‘Don’t pretend that you forgot me already?’
[01:40.28]‘Where’d you meet?’ says Pete
[01:41.73]Big smile, white teeth
[01:43.32]‘She was working, you remember
[01:44.80]It was you that made me ring her?’
[01:45.97]It hits Pete, like a fist
[01:48.03]Where every finger wears a ring
[01:49.64]He couldn’t blink or breathe or think or anything
[01:51.84]‘Yeah, you remember?
[01:52.56]The twenty-third of November
[01:54.40]I met you in the Hotel Hacienda
[01:55.96]We had a couple drinks
[01:58.42]You knew the bartender
[01:59.70]You had a Whisky Sour
[02:00.95]And I had a Monumenta
[02:02.66]We went up in the lift
[02:03.81]They was playing Enya
[02:05.06]That made you laugh
[02:06.52]You said that Enya sent ya round the bend
[02:08.56]Pete was scared that you’d been sleeping with men
[02:10.45]So he asked me to investigate
[02:11.83]Now, in your defense
[02:13.13]You was very professional
[02:14.85]I was very tense
[02:16.06]But I have to say my favorite part
[02:17.76]Was the Happy End.’
[02:30.10]Ron was in the toilets, washing his hands
[02:32.41]When he heard what sounded like a man
[02:33.75]Sniffing a whole gram
[02:35.25]In one go
[02:35.97]Harry walked out of the cubicle, ‘Oh!
[02:37.77]Alright, Ron?’
[02:39.36]Ron tapped his nose
[02:40.77]‘You ain’t got a spare line?’
[02:42.15]Harry smiled, ‘No sweat.’
[02:43.32]Handed him the wrap and said, ‘I’m going for a cigarette
[02:46.22]I’ll meet you at the bar, mine’s a pint of Sea View.’
[02:48.71]Ron only had to look at the coke
[02:50.45]And he knew
[03:02.26]She was dumbstruck
[03:03.30]She could feel herself going numb
[03:04.69]Clutched thumbs in her fists
[03:06.61]Felt unstuck
[03:07.67]‘This is wrong!
[03:08.65]Fuck this!’
[03:09.46]Her stomach heaved
[03:10.71]‘You set me up
[03:11.96]Instead of just talking to me?
[03:13.13]What about trust?’
[03:14.73]Guts twisted
[03:15.79]Pete was stuck to the spot, his lips shifted
[03:18.16]He couldn’t make a sound
[03:19.59]Dale stood still, calm
[03:21.66]Pete stared dumb
[03:22.89]Reached out, touched her arm
[03:25.50]She shook it off
[03:26.05]So livid, so hurt
[03:27.07]She walked away without saying another word
[03:29.72]He was about to follow
[03:31.05]But saw Dale hiding a smile
[03:32.60]Then he couldn’t help it
[03:34.22]He saw red, he went wild
[03:40.84]‘Alright, look, son
[03:41.57]I know we’ve come to have a party
[03:43.32]So have a couple of drinks
[03:44.85]And a dance with your auntie
[03:46.25]But hear this
[03:47.14]Let’s clear this up right now
[03:48.73]Your numbers are up, son
[03:50.32]I have found you out
[03:51.66]You don’t know who I work for
[03:53.84]Men who have hurt more
[03:55.09]Men than the world wars
[03:56.43]When you were first born
[03:57.97]They were killing men who were worth more
[04:00.03]Than ten of your kind
[04:01.04]Are you out of your mind?
[04:02.78]Look, don’t worry, son
[04:04.18]I’m in no hurry, son
[04:05.50]I’ll have you on the run
[04:06.48]Like a funny curry, son
[04:08.08]Go back inside and make sure
[04:09.93]Your brother’s having fun
[04:10.76]Just know this:
[04:11.86]Any day now, I’ll be coming son.’
[04:22.94]Becky ran out to the street feeling weak
[04:23.03]She took a breath
[04:24.33]Heart slamming its head against the wall of her chest
[04:26.96]She looked to her left
[04:28.09]Saw Ron, shoulders squared
[04:29.32]Talking to Harry
[04:30.93]Harry looked awkward, scared
[04:32.86]‘What’s this, mother’s meeting?
[04:33.94]Come on, Harry, need your help.’
[04:35.08]She walked him off as Ron watched
[04:37.00]Harry felt himself melt
[04:38.09]‘Becky,’ he began
[04:39.51]But he couldn’t finish
[04:40.71]He fiddled with a cigarette
[04:42.09]Held it between his fingers
[04:43.46]‘What’s up?’
[04:44.18]She didn’t need to ask, she could feel it there
[04:45.85]‘You got yourself in trouble with my Uncle?’
[04:48.18]‘Yeah’
[04:49.30]He stared at the skyline
[04:50.35]He tried find the right words
[04:51.68]‘I gotta leave town
[04:52.92]And tonight at the latest.’
[04:54.21]They stopped walking, turned
[04:55.60]Looked into each other’s faces
[04:56.86]‘And I want you to come with me.’
[04:58.50]Time stopped
[04:59.27]Harry waited
[05:01.81]She said nothing
[05:02.47]She raised her eyebrows
[05:03.96]Like he did on the night they met
[05:06.16]In this way they spoke at length
[05:09.21]And his heart heard what her eyes said
[05:12.34]He said nothing
[05:13.64]He just felt and hoped that he was understood
[05:17.41]Then she felt something in her melt
[05:20.01]And lightning flashed and thunder shook
[05:22.98]He stared at her until she heard him
[05:24.61]Felt an energy go surging through her person
[05:25.87]Something in his eyes
[05:27.27]She felt her body bursting
[05:28.47]She kissed him
[05:29.31]And it reached a part of her that had been sleeping
[05:31.18]And she felt his heart beating in her own
[05:32.93]She felt complete and so known
[05:34.13]They didn’t speak
[05:35.16]Ran down the street
[05:36.56]Leon had the motor running
[05:37.83]And they jumped in the back seat
[05:39.15]Becky felt peace when she looked at his face
[05:41.64]‘Lets us three get on a plane and open up Harry’s Place’
[05:44.85]He stared at her, ‘Really?’
[05:46.16]She nodded, his pulsed raced
[05:47.35]He reached down beside him
[05:49.06]Brought out a suitcase
[05:50.08]Stuffed full of cash
[05:51.65]Leon smiled at them both
[05:52.78]‘Let’s fucking do it,’ He said
[05:54.67]Away they drove
[06:01.37]Dale and Pete
[06:01.92]Were in a pile of trainers and feet
[06:03.54]Clenched fists and black eyes and chipped teeth
[06:06.37]Their dads had tried
[06:07.62]To get in-between them
[06:09.36]It was like they couldn’t wait to get involved
[06:11.53]Graham was beating David’s skull with his elbows
[06:13.37]David was kneeing Graham’s nether regions
[06:15.64]And Miriam was at the bar weeping
[06:17.42]Ron was pleased as punch
[06:18.98]With the outcome of the evening
[06:20.32]While Becky, Harry and Leon headed for the beyond
[06:23.91]Off to Dover for the ferry
[06:25.06]And from there, wherever
[06:26.08]Harry looked at Becky
[06:27.22]‘Let’s feel this way forever?’
[06:28.75]Off to Dover for the ferry
[06:31.05]And from there, wherever
[06:31.67]Harry looked at Becky, said
[06:32.22]‘Let’s feel this way forever!’