[Verse 1: Barking deep-funk male lead, shouted deep-funk lead, tight breakbeat drums] City hall plaza, four thousand strong Biggest night of my life, gonna sing my song Walked up for the sound check, said check one, two And a hiccup jumped out like a frog from a shoe Hic in the microphone, hic in the monitor Band looking at me like I owe 'em a dollar Bass man laughing and the horns fall apart Said Petey, you better fix that before we start Sixty minutes to go and I'm jumping like a cricket Every word that I sing got a speed bump in it Spoon of sugar, nope, paper bag, nah Drank from the far side of the glass at the bar Spilled on my shirt and the stylist is mad This the worst sound check that a man ever had [Hook: Barking deep-funk male lead, kick hiccup, full band, punchy horn section] Scare it out of me, come on, scare it out Jump out of the closet, I need you to shout Scare it out of me, I got one hour Hiccup in the hook and I'm losing my power [Verse 2: Barking deep-funk male lead, faster deep-funk lead, fat funk bass] Drummer hid in the closet with a pot and a pan Jumped out hollering boo like a crazy man I said thanks, hic, I said wow, hic I said get out my dressing room, hic, real quick Held my nose, held my tongue, held my head in the sink Counted backwards from a hundred, too nervous to think Bass man said stand on your head for a minute So I stood on my head and I hiccuped in it Lady from the catering said lemon on the tongue I sucked two lemons dry and it's still not done Stage manager knocking, it's time, let's move I walked on hiccuping, couldn't find the groove Four thousand people and the count goes four And a hiccup on the one like a slam of a door [Interlude: Barking deep-funk male lead, choppy rhythm guitar and horns, band vamps] Then I looked at the crowd and I looked at row two And my ex in the middle with a man brand new Felt my heart hit the floor and my stomach go cold And the hic in my chest just let go of its hold Holding hands, wearing my hoodie, singing along And the hiccups ran away like they knew they were wrong [Final Hook: Barking deep-funk male lead, full band hits clean, deep-funk raw full voice] Scare it out of me, come on, scare it out Jump out of the closet, I need you to shout Scare it out of me, I got one hour Hiccup in the hook and I'm losing my power [End]
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