Firecracker - Charlie Fink

Been told you no good

That a job that you hate belongs in a special part of hell

It was a feeling I knew more than I wanted to

Working in a Manchester Business Hotel

Rushing you plate to room 108

On new year’s eve 2005

I gave two short knocks and you opened up

Not so standard business hotel type

But sometimes your future is waiting for you

Behind a hotel room door

I had spent 20 years not living my life

And that wasn’t my life anymore

I saw your guitar case, asked if you play

You said, «No, it’s where I keep my machine gun»

I used to tour with a banjo

But ever since I switched nobody ever asks for a refund

You stand for the tree, lean in to see

Hey, where you goin', do you smoke?

I couldn’t believe this was happening to me

When you pulled out a joint from your coat

But sometimes your future is offered to you

Rolled up in a cigarette

I had spent 20 years not living my life

Right till that moment we met

And it was like a firecracker

Watched from a prison yard

Sitting in that hotel bedroom

Listening to you play guitar

Oh, it was like a firecracker

Oh, it was like a firecracker