[Intro: crowd noise, booming kick, dark organ] Line down the block and the rope pulled tight Clipboard in my hand and the list is right [Hook: chanted call and response, crowd answers] What's your name (I'm on the list) Which list (the list) What's your name (I'm on the list) Which list (you know, the list) Rope stays up and the bass goes boom Not on my list, not in my room [Verse 1] Saturday night and I'm a wall in a suit Earpiece in, velvet rope, and the steel toe boots First guy rolls up with his shades on at night Says I'm the DJ's cousin, I said step to the right DJ comes out for some air by the door Looks at him, shrugs, never seen him before Next girl says I'm with the band, so relax It's a DJ night, sweetheart, no band, just tracks Guy in a blazer says my name's on there twice I said then you get turned around twice, that's nice Line getting louder and the heels getting sore I'm a mountain with a clipboard and the clipboard is the law [Hook: chanted call and response, crowd answers] What's your name (I'm on the list) Which list (the list) What's your name (I'm on the list) Which list (you know, the list) Rope stays up and the bass goes boom Not on my list, not in my room [Verse 2] Twelve in matching shirts say it's Jessica's night I said which one is Jessica, they point left and right Man on the phone says hold up, call Marco Marco is the manager and Marco said no Guy says do you know who I am, big man I said no, and the list don't either, that's the plan Girl with a ring light filming me for her fans I said turn it around, that's the line where you stand Dude slides a fifty folded up real tight I slide it right back, I got principles tonight I got a mortgage and a mama and a bad left knee But the list ain't for sale and neither is me [Double-Time Switch: stacked, no commas] I'm the cousin of the DJ I'm the sister of the owner I'm the bartender's dad I'm on it as a plus one I'm on it as a favor that the promoter had I'm a doctor I'm a lawyer I'm a pilot I'm a famous little actor out in Spain I'm a friend of a friend of a friend and I'm standing in the drizzle and the rain [Hook: chanted call and response, crowd answers] What's your name (I'm on the list) Which list (the list) What's your name (I'm on the list) Which list (you know, the list) [Breakdown: kick and voice only, crowd answers] Rope up (up) Rope down (down) You're out (out) Next one (now) [Chopper Burst: flow switch, no commas] Then a man in linen says I wrote the whole list I own the whole building and I'm running pretty late So I tell him spell it and he spells it and I flip it and I check it and I tell him you can wait He is calling up his lawyer and his lawyer is waiting in the line behind the birthday at the gate Rules are rules and the rope don't bend and the owner of the building's standing number eighty eight [Verse 3] Two a.m. and a lady in a church hat strolls Foil plate of oxtail and a bag of warm rolls Not on the list, never was, never will She's the woman who taught me how to stand this still I lift the rope and the whole line groans Owner on the curb yelling into his phone She ain't on the list, man, I said yeah she is Top of mine, page one, she's the reason I'm this big Four a.m. and the club lets out I'm hungry as a bear and I'm walking south Diner on the corner and the host's got a pen Says forty minute wait, can I get a name, my friend I said which list, out of habit, with a grin She wrote down Which, party of one, now I'm out in the wind [Final Hook: chanted call and response, crowd answers] What's your name (I'm on the list) Which list (the list) What's your name (I'm on the list) Which list (you know, the list) Rope stays up and the bass goes boom Not on my list, not in my room [Outro: organ and kick fade, crowd] Which list (The list) Goodnight
