Payday In The Village

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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