Ordinary Weekend

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[Verse 1] I lost my job on Friday, I went drinking to forget My luck it had been down so long but I could change it yet Sat down and started talking with some guy sitting there He bought me drinks all afternoon until I didn't care He said was I in need of work, some money could be found I said, "Is it above the law?" He said, "It's underground" I said, "I need the paycheck now, I got debts here and there" He smiled and asked if I could drive and I said, "Anywhere" Anywhere [Chorus] In this weekend of ordinary dreams Everything is not as it seems Take a look around at the faces in the crowd And you'll see where I've been [Verse 2] We met up on the Saturday, I thought it was us two But I had not asked questions, not knowing what to do Twelve of them were in the van, thirteen including me Twelve pairs of eyes were staring back at me suspiciously And so I just sat down and drove and took them to a track And drove past the security guard while they hid in the back They made me stop, and got out there And I heard a couple of shots I hoped they were in self-defense but I knew that they were not They were not [Chorus] In this weekend of ordinary dreams Everything is not as it seems Take a look around at the faces in the crowd You'll see who I've been Who I've been [Verse 3] I drummed my fingers on the wheel and waited for the boys Had a smoke, I had a few, I got very paranoid And still they hadn't come back there, so I just drove away Deciding to play safe and get my share another day On Sunday, he came around my place I asked him where they'd been He said they'd left another way and only I was seen He said that we should cash the van and did I want my share? I didn't like the way they'd left, by now I didn't care Didn't care [Chorus] For this weekend of ordinary dreams Everything is not as it seems I take a look around at the faces in the crowd But I guess I was just too keen Just too keen [Verse 4] He drove me to a back room with a single swinging light Someone said, "The fish are starving, ain't it time they had a bite?" And I felt sick and stupid and I damned my own brown hair Forgetting that the price you pay must far exceed the share Someone pulled a knife out and they stabbed me in the back And they bound my hands, they tied my feet They threw me in a sack And they took me to a lakeside where they threw my body in So I could hear them laughing, they said you can sink or swim Sink or swim Sink or swim Sink or swim Sink [Verse 5] So hear you desperate women and hear you desperate men Don't take your life for granted Please don't live your life in vain But if you think that you can change it Hope you know you can't go back Just go down to the lake Watch me floating in that sack In that sack Watch me floating in a sack Watch me floating in a sack Watch me floating in a sack