[Verse 1: Turbo-folk male lead, big and dramatic over pounding dance drums and a wailing zurna] First date, little grill by the station, and I reach for the bill She puts her hand on mine and says no, Marko, half, I will Okay, modern girl, I like it, opa, half and half it goes Second date, third date, every coffee, half of every rose Ten years of half a pizza, half a taxi, half a cake Half the rent and half the petrol, half the cinema, the lake And my mother says a woman who won't let you pay won't stay And my brother says she's keepin' one foot out, she'll walk away [Pre-Hook: Turbo-folk male lead, darting keyboard riff, tense] So every time the waiter comes, my heart is in my throat 'Cause split has got two meanings, and I'm scared of the note [Hook: Turbo-folk male lead, full band, wailing zurna] Split the check, ajde, split the check Ten years of coffee, half and half, she's never once in debt Every time I hear it, I hear split, I hear goodbye Split the check, srce, split the check, but why [Verse 2: Turbo-folk female vocalist, full verse, lid twist, a ratchet twist cranks up the snare as she unscrews the jar] Marko, sit down, put the fork down, ajde, listen to me Every time I paid my half, I put the other half, you see In a pickle jar behind the flour, ten years, every week Every coffee twice, and every dinner twice, I didn't speak Half for the waiter, half for the jar, that's the way I split Ten years of the other half, and, srce, look at it That's a down payment on a door with both our names in brass I split the check so we would never split, now drink your glass [Hook: Turbo-folk male lead, full band, wailing zurna] Split the check, ajde, split the check Ten years of coffee, half and half, she's never once in debt Every time I hear it, I hear split, I hear goodbye Split the check, srce, split the check, but why [Verse 3: Turbo-folk male lead, opa, the drums pound harder and the zurna wails] Opa, I'm cryin' at the table like a man in a song Mother calls, I tell her, Mama, you were wrong, so wrong Brother calls, I say she's stayin', brother, she was always stayin' Ten years of half a coffee was the longest kind of sayin' So tonight I grab the bill, she says half, I say not this one Not tonight, srce, this one's whole, and I pay it, and it's done And the jar is on the table with the money and a key And we split the check forever, and we never split, you'll see [Hook: Turbo-folk male lead, full band, wailing zurna] Split the check, ajde, split the check Ten years of coffee, half and half, she's never once in debt Every time I hear it, I hear split, I hear goodbye Split the check, srce, split the check, but why [End]
