Say That Again

Rain took the back rows first, then all the rest the last night of the fair, the smallest stage the sound man killed the power and he ran the folding chairs went over in a line my gran says hide your belly or it takes it I've got a crop top on and seven songs I took a breath and sang the first line dry and something up there talked right over me excuse me, that's my verse no pass, no ticket, no name on the list you're late and you're loud and you're wrong go on then, big mouth, one more time say that again I didn't catch that say that again you came in flat one more for the back row there's no one in the back row you want the last word come down and take it I moved it up a step, you moved up two I held the note, you held a higher one the fairground lights came on and then went out the horses on the carousel lit white I ran through all the songs I wrote last spring I made up words and you came in on time I called you names my mother doesn't know you had a longer one for every name okay, that one was good you've got the range, I'll give you that much and nobody ever stayed this long go on then, big mouth, one more time say that again a little louder say that again my mic's been dead an hour you've got the whole sky I've got a folding chair you want the last word come down and take it I sing a line and nothing cuts it off I leave the gap and nothing's in the gap the last bus pulls away, the rain goes thin it's never been this quiet at a show you were the only one who stayed come on, don't make me ask SAY THAT AGAIN THERE YOU ARE SAY THAT AGAIN RIGHT ON THE ONE ONE MORE FOR THE BACK ROW THE BACK ROW IS THE SKY YOU TAKE THE LAST WORD I'LL TAKE THE ONE AFTER SAY THAT AGAIN I'M UP ON THE CHAIR SAY THAT AGAIN NO MIC, NO ONE THERE THE WHOLE FAIR'S GONE DARK AND WE'RE BOTH STILL ON YOU TAKE THE LAST WORD I'LL TAKE THE ONE AFTER that was the worst set I ever played same time next August