[INSTRUMENTAL — soft kick, distant chops, low pads] [HOOK — chant, steady hope] After everyone goes (everyone goes) After everyone goes The books come out After everyone goes (everyone goes) After everyone goes The books come out [VERSE 1 — close] Hoover's got a schedule Floors three, two, then one Then it's me and the supply cupboard Forty minutes, all mine Accounting, level two Highlighters and cold chips The mop bucket guards the door [VERSE 2 — clipped] Day shift think I'm nobody That's alright, let them Nobody's who I used to be Ask me again in June One exam, then the next one Then a desk that's mine With my own name stuck on it Not the one they give the cleaner [INSTRUMENTAL — piano carries it, bass rolling] [HOOK — chant, steady hope] After everyone goes (everyone goes) After everyone goes The books come out After everyone goes (everyone goes) After everyone goes The books come out [BRIDGE — voice nearly alone] Mum did nights for twenty years So I could do days These forty stolen minutes Are hers too, really [FINAL HOOK — fullest] After everyone goes (everyone goes) After everyone goes The books come out After everyone goes (everyone goes) After everyone goes The books come out [OUTRO — fragments] The books come out [INSTRUMENTAL OUTRO — pads hold, hats fade]
