[Intro: congas, cowbell, crowd] (Tag it!) (Tag it!) Whistle blows at noon, and the pocket does not stop [Verse 1] Thirty floors of glass and a harness on my chest Orange vest and chalk dust and a name tag on the vest Foreman's got a clipboard and a whistle made of tin Says, twenty minutes, eat your lunch, then we go back in Turkey sandwich, cold can, boots hanging off the plank Javier brings the snare pad that he keeps inside his pack Marcus has the cowbell and the pocket comes right back Tag the stage with chalk so the next shift knows we played Little square with our initials and the date we got paid [Hook: chant with band] Scaffold tag, scaffold tag Write it in the chalk Scaffold tag, scaffold tag Pocket never stops Twenty minutes on the plank and the city is a toy Tag it for the next crew, leave a little bit of joy Scaffold tag, scaffold tag Thirty floors of air Scaffold tag, scaffold tag We were never there [Verse 2] Lady in the corner office watches through the glass Takes a picture with her phone like we are some kind of class Security looks up once and then he looks away He has heard this every Tuesday since the middle of May Wind is pushing at the netting and the plank begins to sway I am rapping to the rhythm of a squeegee on a pane Foreman on the radio says wrap it, make it clean One more fill from Javier, one more tag upon the board Then the whistle cuts the pocket like a wire through a cord [Double-Time Switch: stacked, no commas] Harness clip carabiner chalk line plumb bob squeegee bucket belt loop radio crackling in my ear on the wind Rototom fill then the cowbell answers then the snare pad rolls like a subway under my boots on the thin Tag the stage with a J and an M and a date and a square so the night crew knows the day crew left a grin Pocket holds the lunch break like a fist holds a rail and we ride it till the whistle says the break is done and thin [Hook] Scaffold tag, scaffold tag Write it in the chalk Scaffold tag, scaffold tag Pocket never stops Twenty minutes on the plank and the city is a toy Tag it for the next crew, leave a little bit of joy Scaffold tag, scaffold tag Thirty floors of air Scaffold tag, scaffold tag We were never there [Chopper Burst: triplet bounce, flow switch] Squeegee slap on the glass then the drip then the wipe then the check then the move to the next pane then the clip on the hip Chalk in my fist for the tag for the date for the crew for the joke for the shift for the tip for the script Cowbell counting the bars while the wind takes a swing at the net and the plank and my grip and my lip Whistle comes like a judge and the pocket goes quiet but the tag on the board is the only thing left of the trip [Verse 3] Friday we finished the western face an hour ahead Foreman bought the pizza and he shook each of our heads Javier wiped the board clean before we hit the lift Left one corner with the tag so the building keeps the gift I need a harness that will hold and a pocket that is tight Next week northern face, and the wind will be a beast Bring the snare pad, bring the cowbell, bring the sandwich at least [Final Hook] Scaffold tag, scaffold tag Write it in the chalk Scaffold tag, scaffold tag Pocket never stops Twenty minutes on the plank and the city is a toy Tag it for the next crew, leave a little bit of joy Scaffold tag, scaffold tag Thirty floors of air Scaffold tag, scaffold tag Check the corner. We were there. [Outro: cowbell fade, spoken] Tag it. Whistle.
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