Firecracker

Been told you no good

That a job that you hate

Belongs in a special part of hell

It was a feeling I knew

More than I wanted to

Working in a manchester business hotel

Rushing you plate to room 108

On new year's eve 2005

I gave two short knocks

And you opened up

Not so standard business-hotel type

But sometimes your future is waiting for you

Behind a hotel room door

I had spent 20 years not living my life

And that wasn't my life anymore

I saw your guitar case

Asked if you play

You said

No, it's where I keep my machine gun

I used to tour with a banjo

But ever since I switched

Nobody ever asks for a refund

You stand for the tree, lean in to see

Hey, where you goin'

Do you smoke?

I couldn't believe

This was happening to me

When you pulled out a joint from your coat

But sometimes your future is offered to you

Rolled up in a cigarette

I had spent 20 years not living my life

Right till that moment we met

And it was like a firecracker

Watched from a prison yard

Sitting in that hotel bedroom

Listening to you play guitar

Oh it was like a firecracker

Oh it was like a firecracker