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Rose
Lyrics By
Patti Scialfa
Sha na na na na na
Sha na na
na na na
Rose was a waitress for 20 years or more
Packing
in the pocket change, she was heaven sent
She taught me how
to balance trays when I didn't know what to do
And I learned
to turn enough tables to make my rent
She said "keep your
eye on the work clock
Keep a quarter in the jukebox
There's
some top shelf whiskey behind the coffee machine
Don't talk
to the boss, he's got a taste for trucker
And a temper that's
cross
He's a working definition of what it is to be mean"
I'm goin' out on the streets of the city boy
Spend my money
tonight
I'm going out on the streets of the city
Rose you're
pushing 50, but you sure look alright now
Sha na na na na na
Sha na na na na na
Now there's this Spanish guy who speaks
no English
And he does the dishes by hand
And you know his
case it never slides
I said " Rose he must be one of god's
own children"
She just laughs at me and says "yeah,
god's got him doing the dishes
All night out the back"
Oh but he keeps smiling and those dinner plates keep pilin'
Up so high, seems he can't make a dent
Me I'm just bitchin'
by the service station
Cause I'm tired of waitin' on all these
jokers
For a lousy ten per cent
I'm goin' out on the
streets of the city boy
Spend my money tonight
I'm going
out on the streets of the city
Rose you're pushing 50, but you
sure look alright now
Sha na na na na na
Sha na na na na
na
Oh I travelled once with this rock and roll band
And my baby was a hero to every small town local man
And I watched
that golden summer of Chelsea 88
Pass through the rear view
mirror of his rented car
Oh but don't you learn real young and
fast
That the good times they aren't meant to last
Sweet
love, ain't it the first to disappear
Rose sometimes you know
I get so frightened
That I'm gonna be spending the rest of my
life
Working on the graveyard shift here
I'm goin'
out on the streets of the city boy
Spend my money tonight
I'm going out on the streets of the city
Rose you're pushing
50, but you sure look alright now
Sha na na na na na
Sha
na na na na na
Sha na na na na na
Sha na na na na na
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