Rose - Patti Scialfa

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Sha la la la

Sha la la la la

Sha la la la

Rose was a waitress for twenty years or more

Bringing in the change, she was heaven sent

She taught me to balance trays when I didn’t know what to do

And I learned to turn tables to make my rent

She said keep your eye on the work clock

Keep a dollar in the jukebox

And there’s a bottle of whiskey behind the coffee machine

Don’t talk to the boss, he’s just trouble you don’t want to cross

He’s the walking definition of what it is to be mean

Well, I’m going out tonight on the streets of the city (I'm going out on the

streets of the city)

Don’t you spend my money tonight

I’m going out on the streets of the city (I'm going out on the streets of the

city)

Rose, you’re pushing fifty, but you sure look all right

(Sha la la la la)

Yes, you do

(Sha la la la)

You know, alright

(Sha la la la la)

Yes, you do

(Sha la la la)

Alright

Well there’s this guy who speaks no English, and he does the dishes by hand

You know his pace it never slacks

I said «Rose, he must be one of God’s good children»

She just laughs and says «Yeah, God’s got him doing the dishes all night in the

back»

But he keeps smiling and those plates keep piling up so high (Up so high)

Seems he can’t make a dent

Me I’m just bitchin' by the service station

So tired of waiting on all these jokers for a lousy ten percent

Well I’m going out on the streets of the city (I'm going out on the streets of

the city)

Don’t you spend my money tonight

I’m going out on the streets of the city (I'm going out on the streets of the

city)

Rose, you’re pushing fifty, but you sure look all right, yeah

(Sha la la la la)

Sure look alright

(Sha la la la)

Ooh, yes, you do

(Sha la la la la)

You sure look alright

Yeah, you do, you do, you do, you do (Sha la la la)

Alright

Now listen, I traveled once with this rock and roll band

And my baby was a hero at every small town bar

And I watched that summer of '88 pass through the rearview mirror of this

rented car

But don’t you learn real young and fast

That the good times, they ain’t meant to last

And that sweet love, ain’t it the first to disappear

Rose, sometimes, you know, I get so frightened

I don’t want to spend the rest of my life

Working on the graveyard shift here

Well I’m going out on the streets of the city (I'm going out on the streets of

the city)

Going to spend my money tonight

I’m going out on the streets of the city (I'm going out on the streets of the

city)

Rose, you’re pushing fifty, but you sure look all right

(Sha la la la la)

Sure look alright

(Sha la la la)

Ooh, yes, you do

(Sha la la la la)

You sure look alright

Yeah, you do, you do, you do, you do (Sha la la la)

Alright