Lyrics

Now Govan is a busy place upon a Friday night And the billiard halls down here are busy too An' there's many a strongly fancied lad been rattled in a fight For fiddlin' wi' the colours and the cue [Chorus] Oh, don't stan' and look aroun' when the cues are upside down And the balls are flying fast from far and near For whether you're tae blame, ye'd be better safe at hame When they're sending out the message in your ear Now 'twas on a certain Friday I went down to a saloon For I'd heard some fancy things about this dive And I went up to a table where two lads were trying hard To win three sets of snooker out of five [Chorus] Don't stan' to look aroun' when the cues are upside down And the balls are flying fast from far and near For whether you're tae blame, ye'd be better safe at hame When they're sending out the message in your ear There were nearly four score Govan boys wi' bunnets tae the fore Standing round about the benches looking grim For the word had got around that one chap was three sets down And his chances now were getting mighty slim [Chorus] Don't stan' to look aroun' when the cues are upside down And the balls are flying fast from far and near For whether you're tae blame, ye'd be better safe at hame When they're sending out the message in your ear Now half this mob had bet their dough upon the losin' bloke And the others on the boy whose game was made But the leary, losing punters knew that when this game was o'er The other half just wasnae getting paid [Chorus] Don't stan' to look aroun' when the cues are upside down And the balls are flying fast from far and near For whether you're tae blame, ye'd be better safe at hame When they're sending out the message in your ear Now the cool-dab lad, the winning boy, was right up on the kill He was sticking home the points in fives and threes When the losing lad he calls, as he jiggles up the balls 'That's all, the gem's a bogie if you please!' [Chorus] Don't stan' to look aroun' when the cues are upside down And the balls are flying fast from far and near For whether you're tae blame, ye'd be better safe at hame When they're handing out the stitches in your ear