[Hook: Clinching bakelite-rib male MC, loud, clinching] Pin popped on the bar I refused to drop Not a speech, a seating you can feel and mop Grip the horn, keep the pace, send the next line through Set holds only if the middle gag is true [Verse 1: Clinching bakelite-rib male MC, clinching] Stage cold under a palm that knows every fray I carry pride and timing and a pin that will not stay Top bar holds the first laugh, I seat and pass it on Evening crowd waits on my seat before they cue at dawn Hands on the horn, lungs full of dust and chalk Headset dead for hours, so the voice becomes the walk I do not own the room, I own the middle span If my strap blanks out, the whole gag loses plan [Verse 2: Clinching bakelite-rib male MC, colder, clinching] I learned the mark from a comic who left no name Only a worn stage chart and a habit that became the game Tonight the pin pops like a quiet dare I feel the hang before the house lights care Fat kick waits on my mouth to land the seat I sing the bars they need and keep the line neat No banner, no speech about pride or the past Just horn on a cable and a gag that has to last Clinching through the doubt like a vow with no crowd Loud enough for the pin, quiet enough for the cloud [Bridge: Clinching bakelite-rib male MC, pin pop, clinching] Pin pop under both palms Snare answers hard on the calm Crowd never needs a speech to know The set is mine when the pin says so [Verse 3: Clinching bakelite-rib male MC, clinching, louder] The pin seats free and the room takes the proof I step back half a pace and let them own the roof Boots on the grade already testing the give I hear the laugh once and know the gag will live My job is the timing, not the plaque or the board Pin seats, bars hold, that is the whole reward Leave the chart folded where the next dawn can see Pin pop means the set and the night agree [Hook: Clinching bakelite-rib male MC, loud, clinching] Pin popped on the bar I refused to drop Not a speech, a seating you can feel and mop Grip the horn, keep the pace, send the next line through Set holds only if the middle gag is true [Outro: Clinching bakelite-rib male MC, proud cold, fat kick rings out and fades] Pin pop, Saturday Tell the set I said stay [End]