[Verse 1: J-rock male lead, Japanese accent, urgent over the racing drums] Twelve years on the forty-first floor Same gray suit and the same gray door Last train home at twelve-oh-five Sleepin' standin' up, barely alive Boss says "Good work" like a cough in a cup Every day the same, and I never look up Guitar in a case underneath my bed Strings gone brown and the case gone dead Twenty-two, I played every night Thirty-four, and I never get a light Sunday night I took a pen from the stand Wrote it neat on white paper and I folded it by hand [Chorus: J-rock male lead] Here's my resignation, I bow and I go Twelve years of yes, and tonight I said no They call it givin' up, but they got it wrong I resigned from the company, never from the song [Verse 2: J-rock male lead, harder, the screaming lead guitar answering] Monday mornin' and I bow at the desk Hand it with two hands, the way that's correct Boss reads it once, and he reads it twice Says, "You're a quitter," and he don't say it nice Whole floor stares at the man by the door With a box in his arms and he don't want more Mama on the phone, and she's cryin' in the train "What about your future?" and I say it again Ma, I gave the future twelve years of my days Now I want one back, and I'm takin' my pay Hung the gray suit on the hook in the hall Left the badge on the desk and my name on the wall [Chorus: J-rock male lead] Here's my resignation, I bow and I go Twelve years of yes, and tonight I said no They call it givin' up, but they got it wrong I resigned from the company, never from the song [Bridge: J-rock male lead, Japanese words over the driving bass] Sayonara, kaisha Sayonara, gray suit Sayonara, last train I'm stayin' out [Verse 3: J-rock male lead, full voice, the band all the way open] Saturday night in Shimokitazawa Basement live house with a crooked door Twelve people standin' and a broken amp And a sign on the wall says "No drinks on the stage" New strings on, and they shine like knives First time I played in a third of my life And the clock on the wall says twelve-oh-five And the last train's leavin', and I feel alive Hands on the strings, and they're shakin' like rain I hit the first chord, and I'm twenty-two again Twelve people yellin' like a stadium crowd And I sing every word that was never allowed [Chorus: J-rock male lead, key change, up a whole step, everything open] Here's my resignation, I bow and I go Twelve years of yes, and tonight I said no They call it givin' up, but they got it wrong I resigned from the company, never from the song [End]
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